Metal/Hardcore Review – Page 79

Darkthrone – Sardonic Wrath – Review

June 13, 2005

As a mocker of black metal, I was sure Darkthrone was going to just get dropped in my shit pile. Slap that corpse-paint on me like King Diamond, I’m a convert!

Children of Bodom – Trashed, Lost and Strung Out – Review

June 13, 2005

This is what an EP should be: Short, sweet, and incredibly kick-ass. The new songs on this EP showcase a maturation of their evolving melodic death metal.

Callenish Circle – Forbidden Empathy – Review

June 13, 2005

Two discs of tedium and mediocre metal.I expected more from Callenish Circle. Both Flesh Power Dominion and My Passion Your Pain were fast, thrashy metal albums at their finest.

Blue Rose Liar – Sycamore – Review

June 13, 2005

They emanate the flow of Quicksand, Kiss It Goodbye, and the manic flare of Today Is The Day, but under underneath it all is rage, melody, and uncertainty.

Evergreen Terrace – Sincerity Is An Easy Disguise In This Business – Review

June 8, 2005

These guys drive every cliché into the ground, but there are hints at actual songwriting here, and the vocalist might even qualify as a singer in another year.

Coliseum – Goddamage – Review

June 8, 2005

Noisy, tuff, and melodic like a muscle car idling. An eight-song EP. A band fronted by Black Cross/Initial Records dude, Ryan Patterson.

Between Home And Serenity – Power Weapons in the Complex – Review

June 8, 2005

There’s nothing to distinguish them from the rest of the genre bands, there’s absolutely nothing about them to turn anyone off, unless you loathe the genre.

Thunderstone – Tools Of Destruction – Review

June 8, 2005

Power metal from Finland. Slightly less embarrassing than some, but still goofy as hell. A little more manly than the frilly-shirted prancers, but not much.

Benumb – Premonitions of War – Review

June 8, 2005

Whatever, they’re on Relapse, social-political grindcore or something. Dated sound, unexciting and predictable, and the song titles are like 10 words long.

Premonitions of War – Benumb – Review

June 8, 2005

Premonitions of War’s covers of “Mississippi Queen” and “Born Under A Bad Sign” are so awful, they’re priceless.