Writer Archive: Adam Schultz
Hail of Bullets – On Divine Winds
There’s something very familiar about Hail of Bullets’ new album On Divine Winds. Personally, I think it’s the guitar tone, but the overall feel...
Francesco Artusato – Chaos and The Primordial
Instrumentals are always hard to judge. I’m sure many of you might remember my last instrumental review. I, at least at times, struggle with some giving...
Arkhum – Anno Universum
Arkhum aren’t going to get a genre label because I could honestly never use that many dashes or commas without feeling as if I’m underselling the goods...
Disturbed – Asylum
Look at my backlog of reviews and posts. Go ahead. If you’ve been following my reviews at all, you know that my expertise (stop laughing) falls squarely...
Dystrophy – Chains of Hypocrisy
I always wondered when a band would come along that would remind me of Hatesphere, a thrash/death hybrid with modern trappings and energy out the wazoo....
A Beginner’s Guide to Metal (Part Two)
It’s a slow progression from Metal Newbie to Elitist Jerk, but you’ve started the journey and though you’re a relative greenhorn, you’ve somehow...
Apocalyptica – 7th Symphony
Someone took an amp to a cello and what I’m reviewing is the end result. Mind you, Apocalyptica have been around a while and I’ve been following them...
A Beginner’s Guide to Metal (Part One)
Excuse the comparison, but being a metal fan is kinda like being a drug addict. We all started at some point, with some form of gateway drug. We then...
Proghma-C – Bar-Do Travel
Tool fans, prepare to feel right at home. Proghma-C’s Bar-Do Travel is bar none the most Tool-like release I’ve heard in a long time. That’s not...
Ion Dissonance – Cursed
There’s going to be two schools of thought when it comes to Ion Dissonance’s latest release: those who relish the regression the band has taken and...
Fleshwrought – Dementia/Dyslexia
Consider this the summer of the “widdly woo.” Tech-death is on a revival of sorts, and the genre’s stalwarts are taking a back seat. Beneath the...
Ender – This is Revenge
There are two disparate elements to Ender’s This is Revenge: a hard hitting deathcore-esque edge and a melodic hard rock/nu-metal undercurrent. It is,...
Circle of Dead Children – Psalms of the Grand Destroyer
Don’t call this “Slamming Brutal Death/Deathcore.” Sure, you can compare bands like Waking the Cadaver, Disfiguring the Goddess, and I Declare War...
Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire – Songs of Ill Hope and Desperation
Take Napalm Death’s Harmony Corruption and give it great production. Now multiply the intensity by a few million points or so. That’s Clinging to the...
Whitechapel – A New Era of Corruption
Every band has their signature album. Slayer has Reign in Blood, Cannibal Corpse has Vile, Pantera had Cowboys from Hell. A New Era of Corruption is Whitechapel’s...
Trigger the Bloodshed – Degenerate
Trigger the Bloodshed may be the best technical death metal band around when it comes to infectious brutality. Yes, they’re fast and yes, they’re technical....
Musica Diablo – Musica Diablo
Musica Diablo is akin to Sepultura’s Against and Cavalera Conspiracy’s debut album. There’s not much else to be said. It’s punky, thrashy metal....
Misery Index – Heirs to Thievery
It’s fast, it’s loud, and it’s unrelenting. What more could you ask for from the Maryland based deathgrinders Misery Index? The band returns to the...