Peaceville Records

Bloodbath – The Arrow of Satan Is Drawn Review

By Ferrous Beuller on October 26, 2018 in 2018, Death Metal, Peaceville, Reviews, Swedish Metal, Death Metal, 105 comments

“We all know AMG‘s policy on supergroups, but if ever there was an act that continues to entice, it has to be the Swedish Modern Prometheus, Bloodbath, a band responsible for creating two of my very favorite death metal albums and reliably catering to all my HM2 needs. Our very own Steel Commander saw fit to furnish their previous release with a favorable review, and while I didn’t enjoy it quite as much, I can’t say they have ever truly disappointed me. Four years drinking deeply of the grave has re-energized the quintet to return and beguile those of a buzzsaw bent with another foray into the old-school.” Bloody arrows of death.

Akercocke – Renaissance In Extremis Review

By Akerblogger on August 30, 2017 in 2017, British Metal, Death Metal, Peaceville, Progressive Metal, Reviews, Death Metal, Progressive Metal, 153 comments

“I created my moniker out of a weird obsession with Akercocke. A close friend and I would muse over the lyrical and conceptual themes from Goat of Mendes, watch videos of the band being interviewed by Irish religious nuts, and generally make long-winded jokes over Jason Mendonca’s LinkedIn profile and his love for tweed and sophisticated exhibitionism. Beneath this was a love for the eclectic and unique extreme music that Akercocke crafted.” Tweed the demons.

Morta Skuld – Wounds Deeper Than Time Review

By Ferrous Beuller on February 6, 2017 in 2017, American Metal, Death Metal, Peaceville, Reviews, Death Metal, 19 comments

“The process of quantifying quality is always a capricious thing. Contrary to nature, what I might allow for one band, I may use to vilify another, and we haven’t even begun to touch on the perils of genre favoritism — because, despite any reviewer’s very best attempts to consider a product on its individual merit, there will always be some material that I’ll subconsciously allow an extra furlong of leeway.” Media bias!

T.O.M.B. – Fury Nocturnus Review

By Lord Doom on November 2, 2016 in 2016, American Metal, Black Metal, Industrial Metal, Peaceville, Reviews, Black Metal, Industrial Metal, 29 comments

“Makers of what they have referred to as “shadowy,” “blackened,” and “industrial” noise, T.O.M.B. ask in their own language of exploding synthesizers what would happen if, instead of making music haunted and cinematic, someone collected everything haunted and cinematic about metal and made it musical. Literally, this is a group that has crafted an entire album from samples recorded at famous insane asylums, and here on their newest release, Fury Nocturnus, they do their best to convince listeners they have found an even spookier space.” An experiment in terror?

Darkthrone – Arctic Thunder Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on October 12, 2016 in 2016, Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Norwegian Metal, Peaceville, Reviews, Black Metal, Heavy Metal, 57 comments

“For the last fifteen, this Norwegian duo have been turning out album after album of crusty, blackened heavy metal. Using these recent records as the balancing weight to their black metal counterparts. Though fans may be split on which seat they prefer on this dilapidated teeter totter from Hell, Darkthrone ain’t returning to their old, black metal ways. And Arctic Thunder is proof of that, adding even more weight to the leather-draped seat on this hellish seesaw.” Sounds of a playground…nearing?

Novembre – URSA Review

By Grymm on April 3, 2016 in 2016, Doom Metal, Italian Metal, Peaceville, Progressive Metal, Reviews, Doom Metal, Progressive Metal, 47 comments

“I have an admission to make, and it’s not an easy one. Until the past few weeks, I had never heard of Italy’s Novembre. Yes, as Angry Metal Guy’s resident doom meister who worships at the altar of the Peaceville Three, considers Funeral’s From These Wounds a desert-island album, and champions any band that possesses The Riff of Sorrow, I had neglected to check out one of Italy’s heralded progressive exports.” Please publicly shame this man.

Autopsy – Skull Grinder Review

By Steel Druhm on November 23, 2015 in 2015, Ambient Metal, Death Metal, Peaceville, Reviews, Death Metal, 10 comments

“The holidays are nearly upon us, and your favorite gore fiends are back from the dissection convention with a new EP titled Skull Grinder, perfect for jamming in the stockings alongside the usual yule entrails and raw meat. Apparently intended as a vinyl only release, Skull Grinder offers seven new tracks of raw, sloppy and unhinged American death metal and it’s as endearing and gonzo as ever.” The gift that keeps on grinding.

My Dying Bride – Feel the Misery Review

By Grymm on September 15, 2015 in 2015, Death Metal, Doom Metal, English Metal, Peaceville, Reviews, Death Metal, Doom Metal, 69 comments

“My Dying Bride is one of those bands that I call a “soundtrack band,” meaning that its music has played a key part in my teenage years as well as my early 20’s. I must have played The Angel and the Dark River so much as a young adult that I’m sure I burned through a couple layers of that CD. “The Cry of Mankind,” to this day, still astounds me whenever I hear it. In other words, My Dying Bride has a special place in my heart.” Journey into the heart of Grymm.

Pentagram – Curious Volume Review

By Steel Druhm on August 21, 2015 in 2015, American Metal, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Peaceville, Reviews, Doom Metal, 41 comments

“Apart from Black Sabbath, no doom band can claim the same progenitor status Pentagram can. Coming into existence in 1971, they were the first American doom band and along with their slightly older British brothers in arms, they wrote the book on the entire genre. They also penned another book over the years on how to become the ultimate obscure, underground and kvlt act and stay that way for four fucking decades without ever getting proper recognition.” Last days are not here!

Yer Metal is Olde: My Dying Bride – The Angel and the Dark River

By Grymm on February 14, 2015 in Doom Metal, English Metal, Peaceville, Yer Metal Is Olde, Doom Metal, 30 comments

“Once upon a time in 1995, yours truly, then a long-haired kid with patchy facial hair, baggy cargo pants, and numerous black t-shirts featuring whoever was on Century Media Records at the time, was first getting into doom metal via word-of-mouth and the late, great Metal Maniacs magazine (RIP Katherine Ludwig). One of those bands I was told to check out was England’s gloomy sextet, My Dying Bride.” Doom is its own reward.