Writer Archive: Kevin Juliff
Aborted – Global Flatline
It’s not everyday that you get to talk about goregrind (Yes spellcheck, that is a word!), so when the time comes up, it feels good to finally dust off...
Blasphemist – Shadowtorned World
Blasphemist, a sextet signed to Noisehead Records, hail from this little place called Austria. Not sure if you heard of it. Their debut album is called...
The Summoned – If Only Minds Could Paint Pictures
It’s literally impossible to know about every single band, especially in the metal genre. This bottomless well of new emotions and experiences may be...
The Last Hangmen – Servants of Justice
Today’s slab of metallic fury comes to us from Dresden and is tagged as melodic death metal, a tag I can really get behind. Some people believe that...
Dying Humanity – Living on the Razor’s Edge
To be honest, I was unfamiliar with Dying Humanity’s work going into this review and after hearing it and then hearing it again, I really only got half...
Falloch – Where Distant Spirits Remain
2.5! There I said it, 2.5! Oh how taboo, did your ears cringe? Like when someone reveals the ending to a movie you have been meaning to see? I guess in...
Fuck the Facts – Die Miserable
Fuck the facts, no seriously…fuck. The. Facts. Well, that’s what this Ottawa based quintet wants you to do. If you don’t, they’ll scream louder...
Emery – We Do What We Want
Since their inception in 2001, South Carolina’s Emery has been chugging along quite nicely. Releasing five albums in eight years, the band has been steadily...
Protest the Hero – Scurrilous
Protest the Hero have been a new voice for the metal community since their beginnings in 1999, or should I say their transformation in 2002. As many already...
Obscura – Omnivium
In 2006, every metal band should have just stopped trying. Okay, so maybe that is a bit of an exaggeration but it’s not too far off from the truth. For...
Belphegor – Blood Magick Necromance
It doesn’t take long to discover what Belphegor is actually about, with lyrics such as “Blood, magick, necromance…feast upon the dead” and “Die...
Out of Yesteryear – The Blackness
I assume, at least from a marketing viewpoint, that when new bands form they need to decide and agree on a specific image and a certain sound in order...
Withered – Dualitas
Before the illustrious 2010, bursting at its seams with mind-meltingly spectacular music, comes to a close I have to throw in one or two more releases...
Krieg – The Isolationist
In the unending conquest to discover new and groundbreaking ear candy for my two best friends to feast upon, I decided to step outside my comfort zone....
Woe – Quietly, Undramatically
Of all the genres and sub-genres of metal, black metal has to be the most ridiculous, insanely over-the-top genre I have ever seen. Now before everyone...
Neaera – Forging The Eclipse
Launching their fifth album in five years, this German based quintet has been steadily pumping out new material since they inked their lives over to Metal...
The Contortionist – Exoplanet
Recently a friend of mine, who has been close to me for many years, approached me and asked if I could review this album. Like a good little trained puppy,...
Decrepit Birth – Polarity
You either love tech metal, or you hate it. In my past experience, there is no in between. I have spoken and worked with many metalheads, who either think...