Posts Tagged ‘J Mays’
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › I on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022
I can’t even describe how excited I was to hear the new Imonolith full length. I am a big fan of their debut, owning a signed copy, which was from a pre-order. However, considering this album has 10 songs, including 3 demos of previous songs, a cover, and a re-recording of another, to call this […]
Tags: 2022, Imonolith, J Mays, Metalcore, Self-Released, thrash metal
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › W on Monday, July 25th, 2022
Werewolves don’t like you. In fact, they fucking hate you. They said so on the first track of their last album What A Time to be Alive, and on track 2 of this new one, they flat out say they are better than you and are genuinely shocked that you think you’re worthy of buying […]
Tags: 2002, Death Metal, J Mays, Prosthetic Records, Review, Werewolves
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Wednesday, July 20th, 2022
This review has had several different openings (like your mom). At first, I was disappointed with the new Deathwhite. Maybe it’s because of lofty expectations, being a big fan of their previous gothic-tinged doom. Think modern Katatonia with better choruses. Yeah, I said it. However, after a very short amount of time, I found myself […]
Tags: 2022, Deathwhite, Doom Metal, J Mays, Review, Season of Mist
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › M on Monday, July 11th, 2022
You know that meme of the kid with the “stank face?” That’s what the new album by Molder (I hardly know her), Engrossed in Decay makes me do for nearly 50 minutes. It’s that hoped-for but ultimately unexpected style of filthy. The kind of nastiness not unlike the time you hooked up in the back […]
Tags: 2022, Death Metal, J Mays, Molder, Prosthetic Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › W on Friday, July 8th, 2022
Here’s a short little EP from an emerging artist, Witnesses, who dabbles in doom as well as the ambient genres. While I am not a fan of the ambient genre in general, I am a massive fan of the doom part of the sound Greg Schwan has conjured. So when he asked if he could […]
Tags: 2022, Doom Metal, J Mays, Self-Released, Witnesses
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › J on Tuesday, June 7th, 2022
There’s a new Jungle Rot album on the way, okay? At this point, let’s be honest with ourselves. You know what they bring to the table. You either like it or you don’t. This album is not likely to change your mind, so the real question is; Is this a good Jungle Rot album? Yeah. […]
Tags: 2022, Death Metal, J Mays, Jungle Rot, Review, Unique Leader Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Wednesday, June 1st, 2022
“Everyone’s Doing Shitty” says my home state’s own Mutilatred in the opening track to their new album Determined to Rot. I concur. Everyone except for the band, it seems as the hype with their new release is somewhat strong. This is another one of those bands like Sanguisugabogg and Undeath, who gets a lot of […]
Tags: 2022, Death Metal, J Mays, Redefining Darkness Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › U on Tuesday, May 24th, 2022
I was once a metalhead elitist and gatekeeper, too. This strange thing happened where I grew the fuck up and resigned to just let people listen to what they want and enjoy their lives. Unless you listen to Five Finger Death Punch. In that case, please don’t reproduce… but since you probably already have, good […]
Tags: 2022, Death Metal, J Mays, Prosthetic Records, Review, Undeath
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › F on Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
After a particularly long day at work, I enjoy coming home to the only place where I can hang my void for the night. I, Voidhanger Records understand this well. They get me. That’s probably why I like most of what I hear from this label, despite it not getting a lot of coverage here. […]
Tags: 2022, Black Metal, Feral Light, I Voidhanger Records, J Mays, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › D on Thursday, May 12th, 2022
You don’t want to know what I had to do to get a deathcore review from the hands of the boss man, but I’m going to tell you anyway. I won the first annual Teeth of the Divine Knife Fight Championships. Whether he was a willing or knowing participant is irrelevant. I still won and […]
Tags: 2022, Blackened Deathcore, J Mays, Lacerated Enemy Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › N on Tuesday, April 26th, 2022
If you follow this site and my writings (you’re not the only one as I’m kind of a big deal), you might be asking yourself why a folk metal album is getting the review treatment from me. Instead, you should immediately be thinking the subject of this review is entirely worth your attention. It’s been […]
Tags: 2022, Bindrune Recordings, Black Metal, Folk Metal, J Mays, Nechochwen, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › E on Friday, April 15th, 2022
I’ve had a Power Trip sized hole in my heart since the untimely passing of Riley Gale. Last year’s Spiritworld helped fill it temporarily (giggity), but not permanently. What I didn’t anticipate was an album on Unique Leader, the undisputed kings of deathcore, staking a claim. So, here comes Extinction AD. The title track is […]
Tags: 2022, Crossover Metal, Extinction A.D, J Mays, thrash metal, Unique Leader Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › A on Thursday, April 7th, 2022
I have an ex-girlfriend who had a favorite phrase of “I can do it myself” when I would try to help her. She was half joking. Maybe. Cut to us in my kitchen at the time, this phrase came about when I offered to help her with grabbing her drink while cooking, it fell on […]
Tags: 2022, Abbath, Atomic Fire Records, Black Metal, J Mays, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › T on Friday, April 1st, 2022
As someone who used to watch Monster Hunters, is vaguely interested in cryptozoology, and had to explain to his father that a Discovery Channel documentary spoof including a CGI Bigfoot wasn’t a documentary, nor proof of the existence of Bigfoot, I’m here for Bigfoot-themed death metal. I am also here for unnecessary run-on sentences. Having […]
Tags: 2022, Blood Blast Distribution, Death Metal, J Mays, Review, Troglodyte
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › A on Thursday, March 24th, 2022
Around the esteemed Teeth of the Divine halls, unlike a lot of metal websites full of elitists, we like deathcore. The proof of this would be the reviews from Aethereus, Devils of Loudon, Shadow of Intent, Mines of Moria, Signs Of The Swarm, Worm Shepherd, Fit For an Autopsy, and The Last Ten Seconds of […]
Tags: 2022, Angelmaker, Deathcore, J Mays, Review, Self-Released
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › M on Thursday, March 17th, 2022
One of the best perks of writing for Teeth of the Divine for a couple years now is that bands I’ve previously reviewed, such as Mountaineer, are releasing new material. Their last effort, Bloodletting, scored high marks from me, but their brand of post metal overall has not done much for me since then. On […]
Tags: 2022, J Mays, Lifeforce Records, Mountaineer, Post-Metal/Sludge, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › H on Wednesday, March 9th, 2022
Pros of the band Hath: Pretty much everything. Cons: They make me think of Hoth, which makes me think of Star Wars… and unlike many of my peers, I do not care for Star Wars. There. I said it. With all of that out of the way, here’s Hath’s heavily anticipated All That Was Promised. […]
Tags: 2022, Black/Death Metal, Hath, J Mays, Review, Willowtip Records
Posted in Frontpage Feature, Reviews, Reviews › A on Monday, February 21st, 2022
“This is great, but maybe a little too long” is a phrase that comes to mind when describing Allegaeon’s new album Damnum. Not when it comes to describing my penis, though. Kind of the opposite. That’s not why we’re here. If you are, though… Call me. I’ll leave my phone number coded in this review, […]
Tags: 2022, Allegaeon, J Mays, Melodic/Progressive Death Metal, Metal Blade Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › A on Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
2022, comin’ in HAWT. You know it’s true because of the way I spelled it. I already have 3-5 albums which are sure year end contenders and I’m writing this sentence on the last day of January. I’m not one to complain about an embarrassingly high amount of excellent metal, but it’s already been difficult […]
Tags: 2022, Abhoria, Black Metal, J Mays, Prosthetic Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › H on Thursday, February 10th, 2022
I do not need music to help me achieve a depressed state, Hangman’s Chair, okay? I do very well with that as my default, thank you very much. However, if you’re unlike me (for your own sake, let’s hope), maybe you just need that nudge or like to feel miserable sometimes. If so, A Loner, […]
Tags: 2022, Doom Metal, Hangman's Chair, J Mays, Nuclear Blast Records, Review, Stoner Metal
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › L on Friday, February 4th, 2022
Listen, if you guys want me to stop reviewing material from Transcending Obscurity Records, you’re going to have to tell them to calm it down with the excellent new releases… Don’t, though. That brings us to the new, excellent album from a band with an intriguing name, The Last of Lucy. I didn’t like it […]
Tags: 2022, J Mays, Technical Death Metal, The Last of Lucy, Transcending Obscurity Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › L on Tuesday, January 25th, 2022
Deathcore is having another moment. This new wave is being led by such heavyweights from last year such as Worm Shepherd, Osiah, Mental Cruelty, Signs of the Swarm, and Bound in Fear, and looks to be off to a good start with new Worm Shepherd and Shadow of Intent due out in January along with […]
Tags: 2022, Deathcore, J Mays, Review, The Last Ten Seconds of Life, Unique Leader Records
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › F on Thursday, January 20th, 2022
It’s a shame when a band, especially one so far into their career, doesn’t know who or what they want to be. With a discography in the range of good to great, unfortunately it feels like this is where we find deathcore veterans Fit For An Autopsy. I’ll explain… While the opening track, which is […]
Tags: 2022, Deathcore, Fit For An Autopsy, J Mays, Nuclear Blast Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › C on Thursday, January 13th, 2022
Potentially the greatest perk of writing for a metal site (if you call what I do writing) is getting to connect with underground artists such as Crawl Below’s Charlie Sad Eyes. Not long after his previous album and personal year-end lister, 9 Mile Square was released, he mentioned to me that the next Crawl Below […]
Tags: 2022, Crawl Below, Doom Metal, J Mays, Lawnmower Jetpack Records, Review
Posted in Reviews, Reviews › K on Thursday, December 23rd, 2021
One could say, when it comes to black metal, I have a mature palate. By that, I mean I’ve tasted a lot of it. Literally and figuratively. I’ve listened to a lot, but also took a bite out of a Darkthrone cd. It did not cure my Transilvanian Hunger. I’m a fan of bands within […]
Tags: 2021, Black Metal, J Mays, Krolok, Osmose Productions, Review