Century Media Records – Page 32

Skinlab – Eyesore – Review

June 1, 1999

Along the same lines as new metal roarboyz Machine Head, Skinlab are a headache waiting to happen.

Skinlab – Disembody: The New Flesh – Review

June 1, 1999

Dark, moody passages amidst the roaring repetitions and stomping guitars, Disembody shows Skinlab to be intelligent songwriters as well as sonic destroyers.

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.