Posts Tagged ‘J Mays’
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › H on Friday, September 22nd, 2023
Another year, another excellent release from one of my favorite old-school death metal bands, Heads for the Dead. 5 songs in 24 minutes isn’t much, but maybe it will tide us all over until the next one arrives. All you have to ask yourselves is if they still sound like Heads for the Dead. The […]
Tags: 2023, Death/Doom Metal, Heads For the Dead, J Mays, Pulverised Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › E on Thursday, September 14th, 2023
I have no problem feeling depressed or sad. Just ask my therapist! I don’t need a band or music to make me feel miserable, yet I seek it. Why? I don’t know, maybe ask Ethereal Tomb and their brand of sludgy doom. According to a quick search, this is the Canadian duo’s second full length […]
Tags: 2023, Doom/Death Metal, Ethereal Tomb, J Mays, Review, Self-Released
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › T on Thursday, September 7th, 2023
It seems my reviews are becoming scarce, but when I do review something these days, it’s almost always an AOTY sleeper. It might be that I don’t spend time on anything unless I enjoy it. This is because I am typically doing one of three things; working, sleeping, or attending concerts, with the occasional opportunity […]
Tags: 2023, Deathcore, J Mays, M-Theory Audio, Progressive Metal/Djent, Tegmentum
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › C on Thursday, August 31st, 2023
I stand by the sentiment in my review of Crypta’s debut, Echoes of the Soul. There is room for them, as well as Nervosa. However, I took the diplomatic approach and didn’t take a solid stance on which album is better. That was a mistake because Echoes of the Soul is better and holds up […]
Tags: 2023, Crypta, Death Metal, J Mays, Napalm Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › L on Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023
If you’re not into modern metal, or what some painting with the broadest of brushes calls “metalcore,” you’re not going to like this. However, I am going to make like the gallon of milk I left in my car, spoil it, and let you know I do. Why do I like it, though? I’m so […]
Tags: 2023, J Mays, Lokust, Metalcore, Modern Metal, Review, Self-Released
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › O on Thursday, August 17th, 2023
You know what they say, Outer Heaven, innie belly button. Or something. These young cosmic death metal fiends took a risk by letting five years pass between albums at a time when the new wave of old-school death metal is taking over. So, it has high expectations, especially from me since I almost literally live […]
Tags: 2023, Death Metal, J Mays, Outer Heaven, Relapse Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › C on Thursday, August 10th, 2023
I’ve consumed a substantial amount of death metal this year. It has typically been that nasty, new-school death metal I’ve been enjoying. Coffin Mulch is in that mold(er), except they’re that buzzsaw variety of Swedish death metal, hailing from somewhere not Sweden… It’s the UK if you’re wondering. I quite enjoyed Septic Funeral and nearly […]
Tags: 2023, Coffin Mulch, Death Metal, J Mays, Memento Mori, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Thursday, August 3rd, 2023
This is a great metalcore album. More than that, it’s just a great album regardless of genre. I hadn’t listened to Death Ray Vision’s last one, but enjoyed the first mainly because I’ll listen to pretty much anything in which these metalcore masters are involved. Add Brian Fair of Shadows Fall and you have me. […]
Tags: 2023, Death Ray Vision, J Mays, Metal Blade Records, Metalcore, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › S on Tuesday, July 25th, 2023
It almost seems silly to type the phrase “old-school deathcore.” It means bands such as All Shall Perish, Despised Icon, and Suicide Silence, at least in my view. I’m sure it means something different to others. Nowadays, with the awareness to know I am sounding like an old man yelling at clouds, it’s symphonic deathcore […]
Tags: 2023, Century Media Records, Deathcore, J Mays, Review, Signs Of The Swam
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Friday, July 14th, 2023
Somewhere twixt Englishmen throwing some bolts (one in this band in fact) and good old red-blooded ‘Mericans getting Butchered at Birth in the Florida Foreverglade(s) lies DeathCollector. What I’m tellin’ ya, son is that they’re true death metal, ya bastards! They don’t take long to show you and they keep it simple. Meat and potatoes […]
Tags: 2023, Death Metal, Death's Toll, DeathCollector, J Mays, Prosthetic Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › B on Thursday, July 6th, 2023
If you’re not familiar with The Bleeding, well that’s a shame. Their previous two are quite good, but their new album Monokrator, is their pinnacle. Death thrash is best when it’s played with a sense of urgency, and they do that here. It’s almost like they stole a bunch of classified documents, stored them in […]
Tags: 2023, Death Metal, Death Thrash, J Mays, Monokrator, The Bleeding, thrash metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › T on Thursday, June 15th, 2023
Okay, so I know I’m late. When I received the promo before the release date, I expected I would have this done in short order. Life happens and so does this album. To review this properly, one must spend copious amounts of time, so if you’re not into being patient, then don’t bother with Hive […]
Tags: 2023, Black Metal, Dark Descent Records, J Mays, Review, Thantifaxath
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Wednesday, May 31st, 2023
Skull-fucking the expectations. That could be the title of this review were it to have one. When I reviewed their debut, The Art of Morphology, Dawn of Ouroboros had a bright future. However, it felt like their first album, as is frequently the case, was a band attempting to find its voice. I refer to […]
Tags: 2023, Dawn of Ouroboros, J Mays, Progressive Black Metal, Prosthetic Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › N on Thursday, May 25th, 2023
The Teeth of the Divine staff is rarely, if ever wrong. For example, when the new Nightmarer album popped up in promos, before I even had the chance to take it and listen, I was told it’s awesome and even better than the first. If you’re not aware, Cacophony of Terror was its own monster, […]
Tags: 2023, Death Metal, J Mays, Nightmarer, Review, Total Dissonance Worship, Vendetta Records
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › C on Monday, May 15th, 2023
Cattle Decapitation needs no introduction. Their trajectory has been astronomical since The Harvest Floor and they’ve yet to disappoint. Death Atlas let me down, but only because it was simply pretty good, and not the greatest album in the history of mankind. I saw them live back in November of 2022, the new one was […]
Tags: 2023, Cattle Decapitation, Death Metal, J Mays, Metal Blade Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › E on Thursday, May 11th, 2023
I am endlessly picked on in the Teeth of the Divine break room for admitting in a vulnerable moment that thrash is perhaps my least favorite metal sub-genre. So, one might ask why the hell I am reviewing the new Enforced album. Firstly, mind your business. Secondly, I was able to procure it in the […]
Tags: 2023, Century Media Records, Enforced, J Mays, Review, thrash metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › B on Thursday, May 4th, 2023
The Devil’s lettuce. Let me be your lying, backwoods guidance counselor who tells you it’s a gateway drug. It never led to harder drugs for me, only giggles while playing video games. Not that I’ve ever done it, FBI agent who monitors me. It’s all hypothetical. I don’t think it is hypothetical for Bonginator. Their […]
Tags: 2023, Barbaric Brutality Records, Bonginator, Death Metal, J Mays, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › E on Tuesday, April 25th, 2023
When tech metallers The Eating Cave named their second album The Miscalculation, it makes me think they are talking about something specific. Of course they must be talking about the botched rhythm method that led to my unfortunate spawning. Just ask my parents. Anyway, this band has so much potential. As a big fan of […]
Tags: 2023, J Mays, Review, Self-Released, Technical Deathcore, The Eating Cave
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › L on Wednesday, April 19th, 2023
If you were familiar with Lamp of Murmuur’s previous output, it fell squarely into that lo-fi black metal category we’ve all come to know and love. I’ve listened to a lot of it over the years. Some bands do it to mask that they can’t write good songs. Other bands have the aesthetic and do […]
Tags: 2023, Black Metal, J Mays, Lamp of Murmuur, Review, Self-Released
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Thursday, April 6th, 2023
If you like the Panopticon sound, but don’t like Austin’s Progressive politics, you’re a dumb shit, but you should also stay clear of Dawn Ray’d and all of their material, including their new one, To Know the Light. Like Fletcher’s genitals in “Liar Liar,” I lean always to the left, so this is no problem […]
Tags: 2023, Black Metal, Dawn Ray'd, J Mays, Prosthetic Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › F on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023
I cannot even begin to tell you how many false starts I’ve had with this review due to my ongoing writer’s block. However, when there’s something released that I believe in and know would have an impact if the right ears took a listen, I must push through it. If you didn’t know by now, […]
Tags: 2023, Black Metal, Fryktelig Stoy, J Mays, Review, Self-Released
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › E on Friday, March 17th, 2023
“While we all have lots of bands who influence still… we all rip off Meshuggah.” -Devin Townsend I mention this quote because, despite my opinion of them (I do not much like them, kind sir), their influence and impact on modern heavy metal cannot be overstated. This is not to say Entheos has or ever […]
Tags: 2023, Entheos, J Mays, Metal Blade Records, Progressive Metal/Djent, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › N on Thursday, March 9th, 2023
I get to stare at possibly my best tattoo every day, which is for Skeletonwitch, which sometimes give me the skeleton itch. Meaning I want to hear new music from the boys. They’re from my hometown and mean a great deal to me, all of them lead different lives now, and getting music from them […]
Tags: 2023, Black/Thrash Metal, J Mays, Necropanther, Review, Self-Released
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › I on Monday, February 27th, 2023
If you get naked, cry, and sacrifice babies at the altar of death doom, you probably like Insomnium. So, I guess the GOP can start looking for pedophiles at their shows (or in their mirrors). I’m only here to help. I’m no fanboy, but I do enjoy their output, particularly my favorite of theirs, One […]
Tags: 2023, Century Media Records, Insomnium, J Mays, Melodic Death/Doom, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › T on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023
Turbid North delivering a new album takes me back to when Eyes Alive was released 7 years ago. So young, naïve, and infinitely more fuckable. Unless you’re a cougar. Not the animal, though. I’ve found no parallels. Much like the awful tenure of my life from then to now, it hit me hard when I […]
Tags: 2023, Death Metal, J Mays, Review, Self-Released, Turbid North