Century Media Records – Page 31

Emperor – IX Equilibruim – Interview

June 1, 1999

An interview with vocalist/guitarist Ihsahn

Sacramentum – The Black Destiny – Review

June 1, 1999

Further distancing themselves from Dissection, Sacramentum have fused an old-school death and thrash attack to their distinctive melodic dementia.

Rotting Christ – Sleep Of The Angels – Review

June 1, 1999

An attempt at Goth rock/dark metal, with whisperingly dramatic vocals and subtle guitar riffing, and that’s not what Rotting Christ is best at.

Turmoil – The Process of – Review

June 1, 1999

Pennsylvania’s Turmoil deliver crunching metalcore on The Process of…, stomping the listener’s face with pure aggression.

The Gathering- How to Measure a Planet? – Review

April 1, 1999

The spiffy graphics support this abandonment of metal, and the cryptic waffle-minded lyrics sound great from said hummingbird throat.

Nevermore – Dreaming Neon Black – Review

April 1, 1999

A semi-autobiographical tale based on the utter, blank, unsolved disappearance of a loved one and the subsequent descent into madness.

Twin Obscenity – For Blood, Honour And Soil – Review

January 1, 1999

I still wonder how black metal got to be the sound of the Northern woods in winter, but it is not ours to question the corpsepaint.

Strapping Young Lad – No Sleep ‘Till Bedtime – Review

January 1, 1999

Six live tracks from the two studio albums, plus a live version of the unreleased “Far Beyond Metal” and two studio tracks previously released only in Japan.

Alastis – Revenge – Review

January 1, 1999

Alastis has taken the safe route and stuck to the same formula that made The Other Side a good, but unremarkable album.

Jag Panzer – The Age Of Mastery – Review

January 1, 1999

Jag Panzer leapt quickly to the fore with their debut masterpiece back in ’83. But then total drift, bootlegging, comeback records, and now The Age Of Mastery.