Nuclear Blast Records – Page 35

Sinister – Aggressive Measures – Review

April 1, 1999

While they were never one of the better bands to begin with, they play death metal the way it was meant to be played: fast, technical, and piled with grooves.

Night in Gales – Thunder Beast – Review

April 1, 1999

On Thunderbeast, Germany’s Night In Gales do a fine interpretation of the Gothenburg sound without aping any band in particular.

Meshuggah – Chaosphere – Interview

April 1, 1999

An interview with drummer Gustaf Hielm

Call on the Dark – 2 – Review

April 1, 1999

While I prefer NB’s Beauty in Darkness2 and CM’s FireStarter to this, fans of dancier and/or less metal-tinged darkness will simply die for Call on the Dark2.

Raise Hell – Holy Target – Review

April 1, 1999

Fellow scribes have mentioned Dissection and Children Of Bodom as similar warpspeed blacksters, and the comparisons are apt.

Hammerfall – Legacy of Kings – Review

April 1, 1999

While many of their peers are either stuck in the ’80s sound or just plain suck, Hammerfall shines like a diamond in shit.

Dimmu Borgir – Godless Savage Garden – Review

April 1, 1999

It’s a somewhat uneven, but entertaining, little package with pristine production, bound to make the brutal black metallers writhe in anti-commercial pain.

Benediction – Grind Bastard – Review

January 1, 1999

Combining the freight train aggression of their older stuff with the slower style of The Dreams…, they’ve found a balance just right.

Am I Blood – Agitation – Review

January 1, 1999

Someone listened to a lot of early Testament and Metallica and took their teachings to heart. That is by no means a slag, it’s just a reference point.

Pungent Stench – Praise the Names of the Musical Assassins – Review

January 1, 1999

19 songs spanning 70 minutes, the whole time I was thinking, “Yeah, I remember when I listened to a lot of shit that sounded this bad.”