Nuclear Blast Records – Page 30

Hypocrisy – Catch 22 – Review

June 28, 2002

A pretty conventional Hypocrisy album featuring huge, stressful guitar sounds, trebly snare and cymbals, and vocals pickled in a sea of electric currents.

Tidfall – Instinct Gate – Review

May 17, 2002

Every genre needs opening bands, and Tidfall fit the black metal opening slot nicely.

The Defaced – Domination Commence – Review

May 17, 2002

The Defaced combining extreme Swedish violence with the white hot and heaviest bits from Amercian nü metal bands, most notably Machine Head and Slipknot.

Kataklysm – Epic: The Poetry of War – Review

April 12, 2002

Sounding like Bolt Thrower and Arch Enemy combined (except with more blastbeats than those two could ever muster), the crazy Canucks of Kataklysm are back.

Hypocrisy – 10 years of Chaos and Confusion – Review

April 12, 2002

From early death metal served straight-up, to blasts of blackened metal, to industrialish doom plod, Tägtgren and the boys do it with style and class.

Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia – Interview

March 22, 2002

An interview with the guitarist Silenoz

In Flames – The Tokyo Showdown: Live in Japan – Review

March 1, 2002

In Flames now has a live album with most of the hits of their handful of now-legendary “rocker” take on soaring’n’ripping melodic death metal.

Grave Digger – The Grave Digger- Review

March 1, 2002

Opener “Son of Evil,” leads into the title track ,spouting some of the dumbest lyrics I’ve heard since the first couple Metal Church records.

Sinergy – Suicide by My Side – Review

February 22, 2002

Kim’s vocals do it for me, because she sounds like the ultimate party chick, belting along with Jack Daniels to the concert in her head.

Lacrimosa – Fassade – Review

February 22, 2002

Lacrimosa play decent Goth metal with a variety of interesting quirks, but I just can’t get passed the atrocious cover and joltingly sudden fade-outs.