Metal Blade Records – Page 32

Cannibal Corpse – Kill – Review

June 30, 2006

Catchy, brutal, technical, well-recorded, and gore-a-riffic as anything the band have ever done, which means there are going to be a lot of happy longhairs.

Angel Blake – Review

June 9, 2006

The moody, mid-tempo moments of The Crown set to melodic rock vocals and a groovy vibe. A brooding trek into a somber night, heart filled with heavy emotions.

The Black Dahlia Murder – Miasma – Review

April 28, 2006

Frenzied, black metal with a very polished sound that infuses neo-classical guitar lines in between the constant, drill-core drumming and screeching vocals.

YOB – The Unreal Never Lived – Review

April 21, 2006

This power trio from Oregon crafts textured, moody, sometimes spacey, sometimes crushing, always intriguing jams of the stoner/doom variety.

The Ocean – Aeolian – Review

March 17, 2006

Like the accessible Six Feet Under of artcore, the band birthing cogent, logical metal nuggets, like slowed-down Meshuggah with a rich, full-bodied recording.

Bolt Thrower – Those Once Loyal – Review

March 17, 2006

Bolt Thrower have always served up their unflagging war metal with a sense of unhurried, unforced charm, and Those Once Loyal continues in that tradition.

Torture Killer – Swarm! – Review

March 10, 2006

Finns playing prime’n’bloody U.S. death metal is weird in itself, but on their second album, Torture Killer have a new vocalist: Six Feet Under’s Chris Barnes.

Symphorce – Godspeed – Review

January 13, 2006

Along the lines of rock-sculptured records by Evergrey, Morgana Lefay, and Nevermore, Godspeed finds this band stonewalled with heaviness, but progressive in all the creases.

The Absence – From Your Grave – Review

December 9, 2005

Debut full-length by a Tampa, Florida band that, quite amusingly, play melodic Swedish death metal. Very expertly, I might add. No clean vocals for these guys.

Vader – The Beast – Review

May 16, 2005

Polish grinding deathsters’ hyper-real lyrics, old school meets new school meets black metal speed insanity, thrashing half-steps, and tri-tones for 37 minutes.