metal reviews by jerks

Rotten Sound - Cycles

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Rotten Sound at myspace

Rotten Sound along with Pig Destroyer are the joint world leaders in the modern Grindcore scene. Both bands have a distinct style which is deeply rooted in the genre’s 80’s Hardcore Punk roots and neither could be described as technical as certain other grind bands. Where Rotten Sound differ on this release [...]

Posted by douchemike

Colosseum - Chapter I: Delirium

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Colosseum at Myspace
Not to be confused with the 60’s prog rock pioneers or the American Sludge-core band on Relapse Record, Colosseum are the latest in a long line of traditional funeral doom metal acts that have come out of Finland. They follow in a long line of such acts such as Thergothon, Skepticism and Shape [...]

Posted by douchemike

Goretorture - Promised to Kill You Last… I Lied!

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I wanted to like this album, I really did. I hoped that it would have the same sense of goofy fun that Arnocorps had and that Austrian Death Machine lacked. I mean, I love brutal death metal, so what could be better than a brutal death metal album where every song has an Arnold Schwarzenegger sample? Plenty, that’s what…

Posted by Pugs Malone