LOVEBITES Social Hell EP Sabbath City Records 3/5 For full disclosure, I was under the assumption that this Lovebites was actually the Japanese metal act of the same name which had just released an electrifying album last year. However, this incarnation of Lovebites is a far different animal, one thatContinue Reading
HELION PRIME Terror Of The Cybernetic Space Monster AFM Records 5/5 Now this is something that I was completely side-swiped by, as I expressed in an earlier review that I was extremely displeased with the decision to replace Heather Michele Smith (now in Graveshadow, go check them out!) with WitchContinue Reading
Runescarred We Are Independent/Self-Released 3.5/5 Out of the unexpected ashes of one of my favorite acts, Dead Earth Politics (a band that I’ve actually enjoyed live and interviewed in person) we now have the Texas power/prog troupe, Runescarred. The band considers this new style a sort of necessary evolution andContinue Reading
PIG Risen Metropolis Records 5/5 I was heartbroken when Raymond Watts left KMFDM after what I still consider to be their monument album, WWIII. In my opinion, the band only had hits and misses after that as Watts’ “creeping around in the dark” vocal approach was a big part ofContinue Reading
