Though I don't find myself listening to their first few records as often as I'd like, Fearless Undead Machines and all of the Decea...

There is some alternative universe in which Death SS would have found more international success. They fully embraced the shock rock thing ...

Deceased have become one of our most enduring US death metal bands; granted they temper that genre with a lot of speed, thrash and traditio...

I guess my love for Abigail is so intense that just about any album cover with a black horse-drawn carriage is bound to pique my attention,...

Snake is another unusual highway stop in the Dawnbringer trajectory, an album that very heavily leans of heavy metal traditions but also t...

Kind of how Into the Lair of the Sun God mirrored Nucleus ,  XX is a stylistic sibling to its predecessor Night of the Hammer , which you ...

Night of the Hammer is not a complete mellowing out of the style that Dawnbringer had explored with the two albums before it, but it's...

Into the Lair of the Sun God is a continuation of the sound Chris and Scott had found with Nucleus , only it sounds more refined and 'm...

This was a weird little ditty to drop between Dawnbringer 's two epic heavy metal albums Nucleus and Into the Lair of the Sun God , sin...

Four years and one deal with the budding Profound Lore records later, and Dawnbringer returned with a much more professional, refined sound...

In Sickness and Dreams is somewhat of a continuation of Catharsis Instinct , but also somewhat of an identity crisis, one of the more unusu...

Three years later, Catharsis Instinct answers some of the production shortcomings of Unbleed , with a louder, fatter, more straightforward m...

Full disclosure: Unbleed is my favorite Dawnbringer album, but that does come with a few caveats. The production here leaves a lot to be d...

Before deciding to run through Dawnbringer 's catalog and offer some thoughts, I'd never even heard the Sacrament EP. I wasn't ...

With the news that Cirith Ungol has retired from touring after 2024, one can only wonder what the future might hold for the studio side of t...

Half Past Human is not only impressive in that it proves the new era of Cirith Ungol wasn't going to be a one and done, but also that ...

What truly makes Forever Black such an excellent 'comeback' is not only that it maintains consistency with the records that came 30...

What if I told you Cirith Ungol didn't have but one awesome live record, but they actually have two? Live at the Roxy does feature a l...

I'm Alive had the distinction of being our first proper Cirith Ungol recording after their 2015 reunion, but the catch was that it was...

Servants of Chaos makes for an interesting fan package in that it offers an extensive exposure to what the band was up to in that entire de...