ABSUAbsu Candlelight (2009)Rating: 10/10 Mythological occult metal fans rejoice! The godfathers of the genre have returned from a nearly decade long absence with a new, eponymously titled, album. Well, sort of. Absu, eight years later, is led by Proscriptor McGovern but features alongside him two brand new members (Aethyris MacKay and Zawicizuz), adding even more […]

AUTUMNAltitude Metal Blade (2009)Rating: 7/10 Dutch “heavy rock collective” Autumn return to worldwide audiences with their latest album, Altitude. The album follows the critically acclaimed My New Time (2007) as well as the departure of vocalist Nienke de Jong. Faced with many hard decisions, Autumn recruited new vocalist Marjan Welman, who recently appeared on Ayreon’s […]

CANNIBAL CORPSEEvisceration Plague Metal Blade (2009)Rating: 8.5/10 Since 1988 the members of Cannibal Corpse (no matter who they were at any given time) have only one thing on their minds. Violence. To their credit, and the chagrin of many critics worldwide, they have never strayed from their goals. Cannibal Corpse is, at the very least, […]