Reviews Posts

April 3, 2023

Album Review - Sunrot "The Unfailing Rope"

Finding the right balance between atmosphere & heaviness in metal seems like an oxymoron. Most bands don’t even bother with it. You do either one or the other or you awkwardly slap melancholic synths before Earth-shattering breakdowns …

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March 30, 2023

Album Review - Rotten Sound "Apocalypse"

It’s been five long years since Finland’s Grindcore darlings put out a record. Apocalypse’s predecessor, the Suffer to Abuse EP was hardly the encore fans were hoping for after the raucous 2016 full length, Abuse to Suffer. That&rs…

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March 28, 2023

Album Review - Order of Nosferat "Vampiric Wrath Unleashed"

I’ll be honest, prior to this release I was unfamiliar with German/Finnish two-piece Order of Nosferat. How could this happen, you may ask?! You had assumed that Mochi the Black Metal Cat is the font of all underground black metal knowledge, a…

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March 21, 2023

Album Review - Mork "Dypet"

One man bands always fascinate me. The absolute raw talent one must possess to not only write every part for their songs but then also record all those parts is truly captivating to me. They are an artist in every sense, using their tools of the tra…

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March 19, 2023

Album Review - August Burns Red "Death Below"

Nothing starts a fight between metalheads quicker than a conversation about metalcore. It’s in the genre’s nature to be divisive. Not only it is  an “impure” blend of metal and hardcore punk, but it’s getting m…

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March 17, 2023

Video Album Review - Downfall Of Gaia "Silhouettes of Disgust"

"An impressive blend of styles, a great execution musically and a dive into a deep pool of gloomy disgust!" - Whispers From The Void Podcast

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March 17, 2023

Video Album Review - Fracturus "Versus the Void"

"A great debut album with talented musicians! Pure modern death metal in your face!" - Whispers From The Void Podcast

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March 9, 2023

Video Album Review - Periphery "V"

"To djent or not to djent? That is the genre (or not). A great mix of styles and musically beautiful!" - 2 Vitesses of the Whispers From The Void Podcast  

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March 2, 2023

Album Review - Nomad "The Mountain"

“What should I label this under?” I asked Nomad’s publicist, a gregarious workaholic named Jon Asher, while listening to the opener Burning Alive. “Is this tech thrash? Tech groove?”   “It’s prog…

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Feb. 26, 2023

Show Review - Under Our Black Cult Tour featuring Rotting Christ, Carach Angren, UADA, and Gaerea at Amplified Live

A darkness descended on Dallas when the Under Our Black Cult Tour rolled into town. Once I saw this tour announced, I knew that I had to attend this night of unholy worship. The bill is stacked from top to bottom featuring some of the hottest new ac…

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