Best source for extreme metal reviews?

November 3, 2006 5:30 PM

What is the best online source for extreme metal reviews?

What is a good place online for reviews of death metal, grindcore, etc? I am looking for something like Pitchfork is for indie rock: heavy on reviews and lists and recommendations. I don't care as much about interviews and features. The only metal magazine I really like (Terrorizer) does not have a useful web site.

posted by yesno to media & arts (4 comments total)

My prefs:
metaljudgment.com
lambgoat.com
metalreview.com
posted by rhizome at 5:50 PM on November 3, 2006

The Dark Legions Archive has a lot of really interesting reviews of a lot of extreme metal bands. The newer reviews are not as in-depth as their early ones, but I've liked a lot of stuff that has been suggested here. I think you'll find their review writing quite interesting... They also have their reviews by genre.

I have also gotten some great recommendations from these newer extreme-music mp3 blogs:

aversionline.com and Blodårstid (with Blodårstid being a personal favorite lately.)
posted by punkrockrat at 6:18 PM on November 3, 2006

lambgoat.com is okay, I use it for news mostly, but their review are good too. Their message boards, though, are a morass. Stay away.
posted by The Michael The at 7:00 PM on November 3, 2006

Ager de Semine Obscura is killer, with very detailed reviews. He has a few essays as well.

Check out the reviews at Metal Archives, too. Anybody can add reviews there, so there's a lot of juvenile crap, but there are some quality reviewers as well. So long as there are at least 3 or 4 reviews, the average score for an album can usually be trusted, and it's the best place to look if you can't find a review elsewhere.

I also run a small metal review site myself -- see the link in my profile if you'd like to check it out.
posted by vorfeed at 11:34 AM on November 4, 2006