Ashes of the Wake (Epic Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Head Held High (Candlelight). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

death metal,grind core,thrash,Decapitated,The Negation,Earache,Daniel Mitchell

The Wretched Spawn (Metal Blade). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

metal,death metal,gore,Cannibal Corpse,The Wretched Spawn,Metal Blade Records,Daniel Mitchell

The Negation (Earache). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Blood / Reign Forever World (Metal Blade). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Blood / Reign Forever World (Metal Blade). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Under a Stone with No Inscription (Wicked World / Earache). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

The Sin War (Metal Blade). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Cain’s Way (World War III). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Nihility (Earache). Review by Daniel L. Mitchell.

Humanracist (Blackened). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Thelema.6 (Olympic/Avantgarde). Review by Nathan T. Birk.

Ugliness Revealed (Baphomet/Necropolis) and Holy Dead Trinity (WWIII). Review by Nathan T. Birk.

If a band takes its name from a Robert E. Howard tale, they’d better have some epic lyrical battlescapes to back it up. Symphonic metal masters Bal-Sagoth deliver on the promise of their name. David Lee Beowulf talks with swordsman – er, frontman Byron about Howard, weaponry, and metal!

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Live In Japan (Pavement). Review by David Lee Beowülf

Black to the Blind (Pavement). Review by Jeremy Wernow

Black to the Blind (Pavement). Review by David Lee Beowülf