Absu
Absu (Candlelight). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Absu (Candlelight). Review by Matthew Moyer.
What? You’ve watched every episode of Metalocalypse and find yourself with nothing left to fill the sick, black void in your soul? Get thee to the source, man. Scott Adams recommends this Viking-fueled history of Black Metal.
Dödsvisioner (Hyrdra Head Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
The Moribund People (The End Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Scattered Ashes (Candlelight Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
In Times Before The Light (Hammerheart Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
The Ultimate Death Worship (Nocturnal Art). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Superior Massacre (Candlelight). Review by Stein Haukland.
Through Times of War and Agnen: A Journey Through the Dark (Mercenary Music / World War III). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Limbonic Art (Candlelight). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Rephormula (Earache). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise (Candlelight). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
A.M. G.O.D. (Century Media). Review by Matthew Moyer.
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!
World Ov Worms (Candlelight). Review by Mitchell Foy.
You’re black metal’s favorite troll, at the head of Norway’s most popular metal act, the legendary Emperor. What happens when you leave the band to make ambient, keyboard-driven instrumental records? Nathan T. Birk delves into the crypt of Mortiis.
IX Equilibrium (Century Media). Review by Wil Endriga
Feature by Bryan Reesman
A young dancer becomes a legal genius in this fun and fast musical comedy.
Forgotten ’70s action film Fear Is the Key is as gritty as the faces of the men who populate it. Phil Bailey reviews the splashy new Blu-ray.
Coffin Joe returns in a comprehensive Blu-ray collection from Arrow Video, Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe.
Bob’s been looking for a replacement copy of the rare John Cale release Sabotage/Live (1979, Spy Records) since 1991. He still hasn’t found a copy at a reasonable price, but a random YouTube video allowed him to listen and reminisce.
Hidden gem and hallmark of second-generation martial arts film, 1978’s The Shaolin Plot manages to provide a glimpse of things to come. Charles DJ Deppner reviews Arrow Video’s pristine Blu-ray release, which gives this watershed masterpiece the prestige and polish it richly deserves.
The HawtThorns invite you to soar, with the premiere of “Zero Gravity.”
There’s nothing as humiliating as a cattle call. Unless it’s a cattle call in your undies.