Into Obscurity
I'm not exactly sure why the US metal scene suffers so greatly. But
I do know there are still plenty of metal labels in Europe and
Canada with no US distribution. For one of the leaders in world
commerce, the US metal fans are often overlooked and it's quite
sad. So what's with the diatribe?
Well, I saw Neuraxis a few years ago on tour with Cephalic
Carnage and I was blown away by them. At...Read More
Teufel's Tomb
I've been waiting for this release for several years, only because
I finally wanted to hear Imagery on CD.
When I first got to know Neuraxis, they'd only
just released their aforementioned debut full length, and had sent
me a promo tape to review. I liked it enough that a few years
passed and I found myself really wanting to listen to it again,
but, couldn't find the tape anywhere and the CD...Read More
Aversionline
This is a killer double-CD reissue of damn near everything this
Canadian technical melodic death metal act has recorded to date -
including their most recent "Truth Beyond…" CD, 1997's "Imagery"
full-length, the "Passage Into Forlorn" EP from 2001, and bonus
material to boot. I have to say, it sounds damn good, too. When I
first heard the original pressing of "Truth Beyond…" I was...Read More
Uranium Music
What is it about Canada? How is it that bands like Into
Eternity, Ion Dissonance, Gorguts, The End, and Cryptopsy are all
able to splinter and splice everything we know about extreme metal
with such grace, producing completely twisted, unprecedented
extremes? Political reasons nonwithstanding, the prospect of moving
to Canada for total musical enlightenment is a highly tempting
prospect...Read More