Articles by Greg Pratt

Deiphago

Satan Alpha Omega

PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2012

This third full-length from this Costa Rica-based band (who started off in the Philippines) follows up 2009's excellently titled Filipino A...

Dublin Death Patrol

Death Sentence

PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2012

Always a tough side-project to wrap the noggin around, Dublin Death Patrol bring together Testament vocalist Chuck Billy, his brothers, Edd...

Nuclear Death Terror

Chaos Reigns

PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2012

Denmark's Nuclear Death Terror combine the worlds of death, grind and crust nicely on Chaos Reigns, their second album. They take a metal p...

Oiltanker

The Shadow of Greed/Crusades

PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2012

Ah, yes, d-beat/crust, where even the most rote practitioners sound awesome given the right production and smart decisions about album leng...

Sophicide

Perdition of the Sublime

PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2012

This German tech-death band sound shockingly accomplished for a group releasing their debut album. But considering their The Art of Atrocit...

Testament

PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2012

For the love of all that is metal, will Testament ever put out a bad album? Here, former drummer Gene Hoglan (Death, Strapping Young Lad, e...

Testament Explain the Premonitions of 'The Dark Roots of Earth'

PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2012

Back in 2008, thrash metal institution Testament released The Formation of Damnation, their first album since 1999. It was a success of a c...

Attika 7

Blood of My Enemies

PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2012

Evan Seinfeld (ex-Biohazard) returns here with a surprisingly not-in-your-face mixture of hardcore, dated, angsty industrial rock (think Wh...