

Review of Nucleus - "Sentient"
ONE GIANT LEAP By: Geoff Teach Inspired by the deepest, darkest depths of the frozen reaches of space comes the latest album of Chicago...


Review of Funeral Whore - "Phantasm"
DARK DUTCH DEATH By: Geoff Teach Old school death metal...the term conjures memories of archetypal bands like Obituary, Possessed,...


Review of Krigsgrav - "Waves of Degradation"
SOMETIMES YOU GET LUCKY By: Geoff Teach This past weekend, I caught a show at one of my favorite venues here in Chicago. Although my...


Review of Crisix - "From Blue to Black"
NO BALDERDASH! IT'S SPANISH THRASH! By: Geoff Teach Just as it is difficult for North American acts to spread their music across the...


Review of Necronomicon - "Advent of the Human God"
SYMPHONIC SEVERITY'S RESURRECTION By: Geoff Teach Extreme-symphonic metal has existed for many years now, but lately, the oft-overlooked...


Review of They Die Screaming - "The Organic Phenomenon of Human Decay"
BLOOD, GUTS, AND GOREY GLORY By: Geoff Teach Chicago, Illinois’s gore metal quintet They Die Screaming are a local live favorite here in...


Review of All Hell - "The Red Sect"
MASS POSSESSION IS THE AIM WHILST PLAYING THE DEVIL'S GAME By: Geoff Teach Normally, I do not write articles about albums that are more...


Review of Rhine - "An Outsider"
DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES FROM THE PUGET SOUND By: Geoff Teach The last time that I was this excited about a new band hailing from Seattle,...


Review of Sanktuary - "Winter's Doom"
A SICK SURPRISE FROM THE GREAT WHITE NORTH By: Geoff Teach When I think of the Yukon Territory, far up yonder ‘round Canada way, I think...


Review of Obscura - "Akroasis"
NEW LINEUP? KEIN PROBLEM! By: Geoff Teach A few weeks ago, I overheard someone say something to the effect of, “No Grossmann, no...