March 2, 2021
Belching Beet / Mindflair – Split CD
Reviewed: November 1999Released: 1999, Deleria Noise Outfitters/Decomposed SoundsRating: 2.7/5 Reviewer: Nathan Robinson Are you just sick of everything? These guys are. Belching Beet was a side project for Michael Schwarz, drummer of the German death metal band Atrocity. As far as I know, this is the first compact disc appearance…
Kreator – Voices of Transgression – A 90s Retrospective
Reviewed: November 1999Released: 1999, GUNRating: 3.0/5 Reviewer: Nathan Robinson Yet another Kreator best-of. What really is the purpose of this? Metal bands should not release best-of albums. Think about it. Best-of compilations are for popular types of music. They are for “artists” that produce hit singles. They are for people…
Occult – Of Flesh and Blood
Reviewed: November 1999Released: 1999, Massacre RecordsRating: 3.7/5 Reviewer: Nathan Robinson Occult is a totally new name to me. These metalheads hail from the Netherlands, the country with the coolest name. Their third album “Of Flesh and Blood” is quite an impressive offering, combining death and thrash metal very well. The…
Konkhra – The Freakshow EP
Reviewed: November 1999Released: 1999, DiehardRating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: Nathan Robinson I hate it when death metal bands reach a point where they lose their sense of direction and become quite stale. Konkhra always did incorporate a little groove into their style, reaching a climax with “Spit or Swallow”. This album contained…
ManmadeGod – 1999 demo two
Reviewed: November 1999Released: 1999, IndependentRating: 2.0/5 Reviewer: Nathan Robinson Well if you read my review of ManmadeGod’s first demo, you know that these former Forbidden guys aren’t that impressive. Well neither is demo #2. The band has lost guitarist Ahrue Luster to Machine Head, and has remained a four-piece. So…
Obliveon – Carnivore Mothermouth
Reviewed: November 1999Released: 1999, Hypnotic RecordsRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: Nathan Robinson Step aside Fear Factory, and let the new kings of cyber metal take over! “Carnivore Mothermouth”, Obliveon’s fourth opus, sees the band taking their music to the next level. Gone are the days of technical death-thrash, which I must admit…
October Tide – Grey Dawn
Reviewed: November 1999Released: 1999, Avantgarde MusicRating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Nathan Robinson Look at this album cover! I mean just LOOK at this album cover!! Is this not one of the greatest album cover photos you have ever seen? And talk about a cool band name and album title too! I’ve read…
Airborn – Born To Fly (Demo)
Reviewed: November 1999Released: 1999, IndependentRating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: EvilG Italy\’s Airborn are onto something good with their 5-song demo. Airborn take elements from bands like Helloween and Iron Maiden to create up-tempo power metal that is not typical or completely derivative. The CD begins with \”Against The World\” which sets the…
Substance D – Addictions
Reviewed: November 1999Released: 1999, Noise RecordsRating: 2.0/5 Reviewer: EvilG This band has no identity. Both musically and image- wise this is generic. I reviewed their first CD “Black – Substance D” about a year ago and little has changed since that time. The band still has little idea what melody…
Moonspell – The Butterfly Effect
Reviewed: November 1999Released: 1999, Century MediaRating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: EvilG Moonspell, the masters of “dark metal,” return with their newest release “The Butterfly Effect.” Type O could only dream of making something so perfectly dark as this CD! The main point to be made about The Butterfly Effect is that it…
Annihilator – Criteria For A Black Widow
Reviewed: November 1999Released: 1999, RoadrunnerRating: 5.0/5 Reviewer: EvilG Why in the hell does a Canadian band have to sell their CD’s in North America as an import? This damn CD has been out now for almost 1/2 a year yet a domestic release still hasn’t happened. Apparently, CMC has picked…
Forbidden – Forbidden Evil
Reviewed: October 1999Released: 1988, CombatRating: 5.0/5 Reviewer: EvilG “You’re all welcome to the church of lies…” Forbidden have to be one of the most under-rated of the bay area thrash bands to have ever existed. Critics seem to leave Forbidden out of things and concentrate on other bands when referring…
Metalium – Millennium Metal Chapter One
Reviewed: October 1999Released: 1999, Pavement MusicRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: Joe Not long after writing last month’s Classic Pick review of Racer X’s Street Lethal, I decided to go to my friendly neighborhood on-line retailer and see what other CD’s they had in stock from Shrapnel Records. Much to my delight, they…
Biohazard – New World Disorder
Reviewed: October 1999Released: 1999, Mercury Records / King RecordingsRating: 3.0/5 Reviewer: Nathan Robinson I’ve said before that industrial music sucks (ed. note: amen). Now I will say this: hardcore sucks! (ed. note: amen again). I don’t know what I’d consider Biohazard. They definitely have some hardcore in them, but it’s…
Solitude Aeturnus – Justice For All
Reviewed: October 1999Released: 1999, Doomed Planet RecordsRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: Nathan Robinson Solitude Aeturnus fans who know the band’s history will recognize this one. Justice For All was the title of their very first demo back in 1988! Back in 1993 this demo, together with Trouble’s “Run to the Light” demo,…