Album Review: APOSTISY – Blood That Covers All Sin

APOSTISYBlood That Covers All SinBlack Winter Records2005 Apostisy is a melodic death/doom metal band from San Diego, California here in the States. They were formed in 1994, and released three demos before releasing their EP, Blood That Covers All Sin, in 2005. sigh That's all the information I could find on these guys. Even their…

Album Review: CORPSE – Among The Dead

CORPSEAmong The DeadIndependent2013 I first discovered the Death Metal band Corpse by way of the advertisement in HM Magazine for their album From The Grave back in 1997. I eventually listened to that album a couple of years later, and…didn't think much of it at the time. I might have to give it another listen…

Album Review: CRUENTIS – Cold Stone

CRUENTISCold StoneIndependent2016 Canadian Melodic Death Metal band Cruentis' first full-length album, Cold Stone, was released independently in 2016. I actually had both of their full-length albums for a bit, but put off listening to either of them, because the cover art made me think these were either hardcore punk, or metalcore, and I was getting…

Album Review: INDOMINUS – Legion Within

INDOMINUSLegion WithinRoxx Records2016 When it comes to Metal and Hard Rock, Ireland has given the world its fair share of bands--Thin Lizzy immediately comes to mind, but there's also Gama Bomb, Primordial and Ravenlight, among many others. There was also a band called ForChristSake, which existed between 2001 to 2016. From the ashes of that…

Album Review: BRUTAL WAR – Revelation 666

BRUTAL WARRevelation 666Extreme Records2011 The best way I can describe the Brazilian band Brutal War is that it's essentially the old school death metal version of the more generally black/gothic metal group that has given us the likes of Imperial Dusk and Dark Night. There does seem to be a lot of cross-pollination between bands…