Century Media Records – Page 25

Dimension Zero – Silent Night Fever – Review

October 4, 2002

Gritty, violent, power-packed, fast In Flames with Swedish death vocals provided by Jocke Göthberg, ex of Marduk.

Nonexist – Deus Deceptor – Review

September 20, 2002

Quiet parts, little bits of melody, and lots of groove-oriented breakdowns. It’s indistinguishable, but vocalist John Liiva (ex-Arch Enemy) makes it enjoyable.

Tiamat – Judas Christ – Review

September 9, 2002

These Gothic rockers have evolved from plodding black metal (Celtic Frost, not Emperor) to Goth metal with Pink Floyd tendencies to full-on Goth cock rock.

Flowing Tears – Serpentine – Review

August 16, 2002

Following The Gathering and Lacuna Coil, To/Die/For and Entwine, and other Gothic metal bands, Flowing Tears swirl and twirl on the smoke-filled dancefloor.

Visual Chaos – The Video Collection – Review

August 2, 2002

16 videos for $10. There’s a little blurb about each band in case yer unfamiliar, but most of these bands are pretty well-known in the underground.

Warmen – Beyond Abilities – Review

July 5, 2002

second solo outing of Children of Bodom keyboardist Janne Warman’s side-project. Classical-addicted heavy metal, revved and ready for a new generation.

Iced Earth – Dark Genesis – Review

June 28, 2002

Nearly 20 years down the dustpipe of the dream, underground by most measures, seeing a fully elegant presentation of their blood, sweat, and toil.

Blind Guardian – A Night at the Opera – Review

June 28, 2002

Not as heavy or dark as the Nightfall… album, A Night At The Opera is conversely more metallically joyous, spiraling and well, heavenly.

Scar Culture – Inscribe – Review

April 12, 2002

Like the hardcore band, Raised Fist, Scar Culture has learned that “Meshuggah production” counts. Inscribe is about as heavy as neo-death metal gets.

In Thy Dreams – Highest Beauty – Review

April 12, 2002

Funny, Swedes like these guys helped push the whole melodic death metal thing forward, and yet these guys in particular always seem a pace behind the leaders.