Century Media Records – Page 27

Naglfar – Ex Infertis – Review

February 15, 2002

Not exactly toppling Cradle of Filth or nuthin’, more kinda chumming up with Darkthrone in the dirtier end of the pool.

Moonspell – Darkness and Hope – Review

February 8, 2002

Maintaining power with a fixture of progression, Moonspell’s latest effort is highly emotive and wrought with minor-key melody and deft mood swings.

Delivering the Goods – A Tribute to Judas Priest Vol. II – Review

June 4, 2001

A fine line between reverence, cuz the shit mattered, and chuckling cuz it was kinda silly. Ya gotta respect it, but you have to acknowledge the cheese.

The Forsaken – Manifest of Hate – Review

June 3, 2001

The Forsaken play Swe-Death that’s based primarily in Dissection’s single-string-grind theory. Lots of blastbeats, lots of shredded notes.

Soilwork – A Predator’s Portrait – Review

June 3, 2001

They take the Gothenburg sound and kick up the technicality level, add some keyboard swells, and obviously know the right influences to wear on their sleeves.

Darkane – Insanity – Review

June 1, 2001

New vocalist for record two, but same quick-footed Swedish death sound as Darkane drill the listener, propelled by the Calamity Kane drumming of Peter Wildoer.

Candiria – 300 Density – Review

June 1, 2001

The mix of their intellectual arrangements with street-wise attitude eliminates all boundaries, earning them fans ranging from jazz freaks to hardcore thugs.

Rotting Christ – Khronos -Review

April 1, 2001

Originally simple, raw and shitty-sounding like classic ’80s greats, then becoming ever-more complex before falling for that Goth metal thing a few years ago.

EyeHateGod – Confederacy of Ruined Lives – Review

April 1, 2001

It’s still, technically speaking, sludgecore, but Eyehategod are now much closer to a slothful psychedelic stoner rock act than the obnoxious fumes of old.

Cryptopsy – And Then You’ll Beg – Review

April 1, 2001

A very brutal, enjoyable death metal album, one I’ll play again and again, but it’s not the most mind-boggling one you’ll find if you look more closely.