Nuclear Blast Records – Page 36

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.”

Lostsouls – Fracture – Review

January 1, 1999

Combining elements of Korn, Machine Head, Fear Factory, and Meshuggah, it’s surprising that I have little more to say than, “Wow! Great Production!”

Hollow – Modern Cathedral – Review

November 1, 1998

Hollow rule, playing a sort of middle metal that combines groovebang stuff like Accept, Priest, and ’80s Sabbath with elevated prog touches.

Therion – Vovin – Interview

November 1, 1998

An Interview with guitarist/composer Christofer Johnsson

Covenant – Nexus Polaris – Review

November 1, 1998

This five piece band (not project) from Norway more closely resemble Emerson, Lake and Palmer with black metal influences than they do Mayhem.

Primal Fear – Review

September 1, 1998

If you always loved Priest, but thought their production lacked the over-the-topness available to hacks with half the songwriting talent, here’s Primal Fear.

In Flames – Whoracle – Review

April 1, 1998

Whoracle speeds through desolate landscapes, stops at a rest area and cavorts in the bushes, then jams the high-octane metal monster back into overdrive again.

Hypocrisy – The Final Chapter – Review

April 1, 1998

A greatest hits record, only more along the lines of “Say, Peter, give us what you’ve got, regardless of style, and we’ll call it the last Hypocrisy record.”