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Behemoth – At The Arena Ov Aion - Live Apostasy Regain Records - 14 October 2008 By Jack Deming As I highly doubt that these guys need an introduction or description, I’ll jump straight to it – the polish blackened death metallers are on their game here. The setlist is...

Ásmegin - Arv Napalm Records - 1 December 2008 By Jack Deming Ásmegin's long awaited followup to 2003's Hin Vordende Sod & Sø is characterized by a staggered, swaggering rhythmic feel and an unusually stark contrast of clean female and dirty vocals. I can definitely sense progression here...

Boris Cool, so how big of an operation is it? We have five employees and about 1800 square feet office space in the middle of Hollywood here, which to me is sort of a strange place for us in some ways, considering our surroundings and what we do, but it works and we’ve got a good thing...

Welcome to UltimateMetal.com’s Staff Picks of 2008! It’s been a great year for metal, and we have plenty to say about it. Below you will find our individual staff picks – organized alphabetically by first name – with links to the corresponding reviews and commentaries...

The metaphysical theory of causal determinism is one that fascinates me. Are we subject to an inescapable chain of cause and effect arising from physical laws, a chain that renders all of our past and future actions completely determined and out of our control? Or are we sometimes the agents or...

Dropkick Murphys - The Meanest of Times Born & Bred Records - 18th September 2007 By Jack Deming Here are well known Celtic punkers the Dropkick Murphys with their sixth studio release and the first through their own Born & Bred Records. The Meanest of Times is your standard time worn...

Powerwolf - Lupus Dei Metal Blade Records - SPV 085 105472 - 5 May 2007 By Jack Deming Shown on the back of their sophomore release as scowling, sallow faced figures adorned in full corpse paint and brandishing inverted crosses, the German outfit Powerwolf delivers a steaming, pungent plate...

The Absence - Riders of the Plague Metal Blade Records - SPVCD085 - 13 August 2007 By Jack Deming Up for review is the American metallers The Absence's sophomore effort, Riders of the Plague, one that since its release has propelled them to the forefront of the up and comers in American...

sigur rós - með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust EMI Records - XLED 364 - 24 June 2008 By Jack Deming Since their inception, Icelanders Sigur Rós have long wavered with one foot wading in musical obscurity and the other rooted in an enigmatic melodic familiarity that soothes and pleases...

Sjodogg - Landscapes of Disease and Decadence Osmose Productions - OPCD 198 - 6 December 2007 By Jack Deming Lately, the Norwegian BM outfit Sjodogg has been attracting a fair amount of attention and hype for being, wait for it, a black metal band from Norway. Furthermore...

Zimmers Hole - When You Were Shouting at the Devil (We Were in League with Satan) Century Media Records - CD9977832 - 17 March, 2008 By Jack Deming Under review here is the third effort from Zimmers Hole, a band whose name I had previously only heard in passing and for some reason believed...

Warrel Dane - Praises to the War Machine Century Media Records - 9977780CD - 28 April 2008 By Jack Deming Here we have Warrel Dane of Nevermore's debut solo effort, Praises to the War Machine, adding to the growing stack of solo music that has come and is due to come from members of...

Norther - N Century Media Records - 9977722CD - 25 February 2008 By Jack Deming Lately many bands in the same general boat as Norther have been entering the rank of veteran, and some have shown staying power while others have not. Whether they have abruptly gone downhill, faded away or...

Sahg - Sahg II Regain Records - RR 115 - 18 March 2008 By Jack Deming Here we have Sahg, a Sabbath-esque Doom band hailing from Norway of all places, presenting their second release entitled Sahg II. Sahg's debut, you guessed it, Sahg I was released to significant amounts of praise, and...

Sahg are self described as influenced mainly by acts such as Black Sabbath and 70s rock like Led Zeppelin. Have any other influences entered the fold in Sahg II? We have expanded our range of influences on this album. Having matured more as a band, we have had the time and courage to...

Crown the Lost - Reverence Dies Within Unsigned - September 13, 2006 By Jack Deming Crown the Lost is an unsigned band from Pittsburgh that plays a brand of more technically inclined thrash metal that has a refreshing air about it, a quality becoming more and more of a rare commodity...

Nuclear Blast Allstars - Out of the Dark Nuclear Blast Records - NB 1800-2 - September 21st, 2007 By Jack Deming I'm curious. Has any worthwhile person actually spent money this album? Excluding the typical sad souls who see the names of people like Peter Tägtgren and Jari Mäenpää and...

Winds of Plague - Decimate the Weak Century Media Records - CD9977072 - January 28, 2008 By Jack Deming Upon receiving this disc and viewing the description and song titles, I was convinced that I was in for yet another carbon copy of the last utterly shit metalcore band I reviewed. First...

Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today Candlelight Records - CDL392 - November 20, 2007 By Jack Deming After 14 years of consistent (albeit at times less than quality) musical output, Electric Wizard have dished out a commanding addition to the Doom/Stoner metal genre that will have your head...

Morian - Sentinels of the Sun Dynamic Arts Records - DYN024 - July 17, 2007 By Jack Deming "All the nameless things that follow you they will die eventually instead of memories that have run you through there will be conformity" The constant barrage of metal being spewed forth from Finland...