ALBUM REVIEW: Carnifex – Necromanteum


 

If there’s one redeeming quality to Carnifex’s new record, it’s guitarist and relative newcomer Neal Tiemann. The string slayer’s adept finger-tapping during boisterous guitar solos does its best to keep Necromanteum (Nuclear Blast Records) afloat despite a myriad of deficiencies.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Devildriver – Dealing With Demons I


The first part of a double release (the second half due next year), the latest offering from prolific Californian melodic death metallers DevilDriver finds the band in cathartic form, as each song on the band’s ninth album, Dealing With Demons I (Napalm Records) focuses on a different type of obstacle or demon to be faced and overcome.

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DevilDriver Is Writing An Outlaw Country Covers Album


DevilDriver is no stranger to doing cover songs, but they are about to take their love of covers to a whole new level. Continue reading