DEMENTIA 13Tales For The Carnivorous EP Escaravelho (2013)Rating: 7/10 I think it’s fair to say that death metal literally creeps from every crack on this planet. Dementia 13 is a Portuguese trio who plies their trade by belching out heavy old school death metal, heavily influenced by buckets of blood, gore and horror, which is […]

MAXINE PETRUCCIBack To The Garden Angelina (2013)Rating: 8/10 Guitar demigod Maxine Petrucci returns with her third solo effort, Back To The Garden. While she is likely best known for her short-lived work as guitarist for cult faves Madam X (which also counted Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach on bass and drummer Roxy Petrucci, of Vixen fame, […]

ANDY WINTERIncomprehensible The End (2013)Rating: 9/10 Unless you are a diehard fan of off the beaten path music, Norwegian Andy Winter is likely not a name you’d recognize. If you do follow the outer fringes of extreme music however, you’ll quickly recognize Winter from bands like Winds, Sculptured and Age Of Silence. Known as one […]

NEWSTEDMetal EP Chophouse (2013)Rating: 9.5/10 Newsted is the fourth coming (Flotsam And Jetsam / Metallica / Voivod) of heavy metal legend Jason Newsted. Metal is his first heavy offering since parting ways with Voivod and is inspired by fan reaction to his recent jaunt with Metallica at their December 2011 30th anniversary shows. The band […]

BLACK VEIL BRIDESWretched And Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones Lava / Universal Republic (2013)Rating: 9/10 Hollywood, California’s Black Veil Brides has been challenging the status quo since their debut hit the scene in 2010. We Stitch These Wounds roared from stereos, and brought melody and rebellion to the masses. With a look that […]

KATALEPSYAutopsychosis Unique Leader (2013)Rating: 6.5/10 Katalepsy are a bunch of demented Russian death metallers who’ve been pummeling us senseless since their inception in 2003. This brutal 11-track platter is the band’s first since the 2007 debut Musick Brings Injuries which, not surprisingly, lived up to its name as a true battering ram of a record. […]

DREARINESSMy Mind Is Too Weak To Forget Nostalgia Productions (2013)Rating: 8/10 It must be said that there are certain sub-genres within the “heavy metal” scene that I can only experience in small doses. For one, some of the extreme gore metal can be a little too fast and vocally blurred to stick with for a […]