Metal Blade Records – Page 38

Six Feet Under – True Carnage – Review

February 22, 2002

Six Feet Under have created a niche by slowing down, simplifying, and in an odd way, shoe-gazing their way through hypnotic, crunchy mainstream metal riffs.

Amon Amarth – The Crusher – Review

February 22, 2002

The Viking mythology-obsessed Amon Amarth is back. Full of At The Gates guitar sounds, Carcass melodic riffs, and rusty gears-sounding metal at Abyss Studios.

Dies Irae – Immolated – Review

February 22, 2002

Ferocious blasts that somehow sound raw and polished at the same time, conjuring up lyrical imagery ala Morbid Angel’s Blessed are the Sick.

Vomitory – Revelation Nausea – Review

June 4, 2001

Fast, fast, and more fast is Vomitory’s motto, and judging from the thrash-based riffing, you can bet these guys are big early-Slayer and Sodom fans.

Labyrinth – Sons of Thunder – Review

June 3, 2001

This is a very heavy, very fast power metal band, not some flighty orchestral experiment, Labyrinth yammering on about some subplot in the life of Louis XIV.

King Diamond and Black Rose – 20 Years Ago: A Night of Rehearsal – Review

June 3, 2001

Kudos to the King for having the open mind and healthy ego enough to let/put out this casual, raw CD capturing the man’s pre-Mercyful Fate band in late 1980.

Chinchilla – Madness – Review

June 1, 2001

Tragically stupid name for a pretty decent heavy metal band. I had a chinchilla once. Absolutely useless thing, but cute. Woulda made a nice pair of gloves.

Catastrophic – The Cleansing – Review

June 1, 2001

Ex-Obituary Trevor Perez and four members of Pyrexia all agreed that Obituary’s last album didn’t suck enough and that the world needed something even worse.

Canvas – Lost in Rock – Review

June 1, 2001

Destiny’s End – Transition – Review

June 1, 2001

This fivesome born of traditional metal fury exemplifies the rising talents of carefully constructed aggression and melodic precision.