Digital Metal
With Willowtip Records becoming more consistent with the quality
and eccentricity of their releases (Commit Suicide's Human
Larvae album being a prime example), it was only a matter of
time before a little bit of that melodic death/thrash style nestled
itself amongst the label's already impressive army of brutal death,
grind and hardcore acts. Now, I remember hearing a lot...Read More
Pa Hardcore
I have been waiting for this CD since I first heard their old
stuff over a year ago, and I wasn't dissapointed in the least. I
would say they're a melodic death metal band with slight black
metal influences if I actually knew what I was talking about. But
yes, it is very melodic, it has some keyboards, some hooks, and
scratchy vocals to complete it.
They start the disc out with a rerecording...Read More
Aversionline
This is not at all what I expected it would be. I don't really know
what I expected, but this is flat out melodic death/black metal
with a definite Swedish influence. Take the cold, distant sort of
sound that early In Flames/Dark Tranquillity had (for the great
dual guitar harmonies and fast, melodic tremolo picking) and mix it
with something along the lines of Darkest Hour (just barely for...Read More
Unrestrained
Much has been said about today's black metal scene. You have two
sides to the coin; staying true to the roots, or expanding on the
sound. While it seems to be controversial to the true fans to
expand for fear of ruining the core sound, the open-minded fans
welcome the different layers that can be added to an already
interesting sound. Enter The Year of Our Lord. Basing their sound
on...Read More
Weekly Dig
I¹m left speechless by the Year of Our Lord¹s talent and
embarrassed by my ignorance. Some of the best black metal I¹ve ever
heard has been right under my nose and I never knew it‹kinda. When
J. and I were doing Hexbender, he would champion the Year
of Our Lord to me and was amazed that such a Varg wanna-be like
myself didn¹t worship the ground they walked on. I was so...Read More