Nuclear Blast Records – Page 21

Korpiklaani – Korven Kuningas – Review

May 1, 2009

It opens with a barnburning polka, and if it doesn’t get you grinning, kicking up your heels and spilling your beer with wild abandon, check for a pulse.

Testament – The Formation of Damnation – Review

March 1, 2009

Ninth studio album from the Bay Area thrash pioneers. First release with guitarist Alex Skolnick since 1992, first with bassist Greg Christian since 1994.

Chrome Division – Booze, Broads and Beelzebub – Review

September 1, 2008

Second round for this fun-time biker metal diversion for Dimmu’s Shagrath. Lead throat Eddie Guz really makes these songs roar with beery belching pride.

Scar Symmetry – Holographic Universe – Review

June 1, 2008

They’re Swedish, of course, and play anthemic melodic death metal that’s true death, plus sweetly anthemic, without being, ya know, emo pussy about it.

Therion – Live Gothic – Review

June 1, 2008

This band’s been around for two decades and any metal fan who doesn’t have a CD or two in their collection ought to seriously consider their next breath.

Kataklysm – Prevail – Review

March 1, 2008

Over 15 years in the game, these Canadian death metallers know the drill, and they use it on your ears.

Divinity – Allegory – Review

March 1, 2008

A mix of thrash, death, and prog, they shred, the vocals roar then soar warblingly, harmonize with the best of them, then they trip you up like Meshuggah.

Arsis – We Are The Nightmare – Review

March 1, 2008

Think Berklee musicians are douchebags? Arsis are your wake up call. Technical death metal, brilliantly played, amazingly produced, and gory as a machete wound.

Death Angel – Killing Season – Review

March 1, 2008

The guys bring back the complicated thrash, but always within the context of Anthrax-core urban punk-grimed holler-along songfulness.

Soilwork – Sworn to a Great Divide – Review

February 1, 2008

I grew to embrace Sworn to a Great Divide just cuz, well, sometimes a by-the-books melodic death metal album from Soilwork is exactly what a person needs.