Metal Blade Records – Page 46

Divine Regale – Ocean Mind – Review

September 1, 1997

More from the post-metal, pre-Floydian slip of Queensrÿchian rule, Divine Regale write songs, dammit, songs!

Gwar – Carnival of Chaos – Interview

June 1, 1997

An interview with Oderous Urungus

Grip Inc. – Nemisis – Review

April 1, 1997

Fist-bang favorites, time changes, key changes, and while-my-guitar-gently-weeps-through-lots-of-effects, with Lombardo’s heavy tribal drumming influences.

Broken Hope – Loathing – Review

April 1, 1997

It’s hard to tell if a given song by Broken Hope is doing anything particularly interesting, but hell, it sure sounds like it’s taking the world by storm.

Nefilim – Zoon – Review

April 1, 1997

The rumor that late ’80s Goth rock kings, Fields of the Nephilim, have returned is partially true, as is the rumor that the new band, Nefilim, is industrial.

Masquerade – Surface of Pain – Review

October 1, 1996

Now this powermetal stuff comes back in hordes, and the choruses are sounding more like Warrant every day. Can fat girls in spandex be far behind?

Desultory – Swallow The Snake – Review

October 1, 1996

Foot-to-the-floor angstfests so poundingly mixed, you barely notice they sound like pretty much every massively-produced song you’ve driven recklessly to.

King Diamond – The Graveyard – Interview

October 1, 1996

An interview with King Diamond

Decoryah – Fall-Dark Waters – Review

September 1, 1996

If you’re a sucker for dark, ominous metal, Decoryah is a treat. By the end of the nine songs of Fall-Dark Waters, you will feel you’ve experienced a lifetime.

Ancient – The Cainian Chronicle – Review

September 1, 1996

I was impressed with their first album, Svartalvheim, on Listenable, but The Canian Cronicle is truly above any standard set by Ancient, and maybe black metal.