November 9, 2006

God Dethroned - The Toxic Touch

In terms of melody-to-brutality ratio, Dutch death metallers God Dethroned always struck me as kind of like Arch Enemy without the charisma. Their back catalogue was well-played and enjoyable enough, but nothing ever really grabbed me. However, The Toxic Touch (on Metal Blade) does. From the first note, the band is in complete control and...

Amon Amarth review

My review of Amon Amarth’s new album With Oden on Our Side is now up at Stylus.