Nuclear Blast Records – Page 26

The Kovenant – Seti – Review

July 23, 2003

The Kovenant are Norwegian, come from a black metal background, and are smart enough to bring in members of Apoptygma Berzerek and Zeromance.

Death Is Just The Beginning – Vol. 7 – Review

July 23, 2003

Split (kinda) into power metal on disc one and extreme on disc two, tracked alphabetically per disc, there’s so much to open yer eyes, if yer at all into metal.

The Defaced – Karma In Black – Review

July 13, 2003

Combining Swedish violence (features Soilwork and Darkane folk) with the white hot and heavy bits from Amercian nü metal bands like Machine Head and Slipknot.

Therion – Live in Midgard – Review

July 2, 2003

A double live CD to celebrate their 15-year anniversary, evolving from traditional death metal to an original mix of power metal and operatic screeching.

Stratovarius – Elements Pt. 1 – Review

June 13, 2003

If you can’t handle thrashy vocals and prefer the kinda faggy clear-as-a-(tinker)bell vocals, well, power metal doesn’t get much better than Stratovarious.

Meshuggah – Nothing – Review

January 3, 2003

How Swede it is. Nothing is the long-awaited follow-up to ’98’s Chaosphere, and the patented stun gun approach is intact and back-cracking.

Darkane – Expanding Senses – Review

January 3, 2003

Expanding Senses censors much of the progressive Swedish death complication of Insanity for a blazing, super-high-fidelity attack of post-Bay Area thrash.

In Flames – Reroute to Remain – Review

January 3, 2003

I’m digging the lion’s share of this thing, because it’s packed full of those shining-moment riffs that are the unanimous highlights of the past two albums.

Hammerfall – Crimson Thunder – Review

January 3, 2003

Part guilty pleasure, part just goofy-doofy heavy metal, there are moments here that swell the breast, some that make you strut like a bad-ass thru the mall.

Immortal – Sons of Northern Darkness – Review

October 4, 2002

No more trashy productions, no more mindless guitar thrashings… instead, devilish blastbeats and brooding chords propel the band like Hades’ winds.