Articles by Jill Mikkelson

Xasthur

Defective Epitaph

PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2007

The one-man harbinger of sorrow has once again surfaced from the bowels of hell with another soundtrack to your most gruesome and disturbin...

Despised Icon

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2007

Genuinely avid musicians and performers, Despised Icon are easily one of the hardest working bands in metal. Since their Century Media debu...

Child Abuse

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2007

If the quirky yet provocative moniker doesn’t get your attention, the bizarre spastic rock modulation and jarring vocal bursts almost certa...

Blacker Than Black Times Infinity

TV

PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2007

Devoutly dedicated to keeping it brutal, Metalocalypse follows the often gory misadventures of Dethklok, an animated metal act that is not...

Coalesce

There's Nothing New Under the Sun + / Salt and Passage

PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2007

The Led Zeppelin covers that comprise the majority of There’s Nothing New Under the Sun + are a fitting tribute, considering Zeppelin-isms...

Malignancy

Inhuman Grotesqueries

PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2007

After lingering in United Gutteral Records obscurity since 1999, Malignancy’s Willowtip debut will likely do the trick, pulling them out of...

Naglfar

Vittra / Diabolical

PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2007

Naglfar’s nefarious yet tuneful take on plague metal has been prominent but grossly underrated over the years, with most usually citing Dis...

Vital Remains

Evil Death Live

PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2007

Filmed in Katowice, Poland, the touring line-up of Vital Remains recorded a vapid and vacuous performance for their first ever DVD. After s...