Anvil - Plugged in Permanent
I’m glad to hear that these ancient bastards are still cranking out Metal. And damn fine stuff it is, too. The excellent production highlights the ominous guitar sound, and Lips’ vocals are as good as ever. I could have done without the odes to weed and jerking off, but other than those aberrations, this is a proud addition to Anvil history.
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Anubi - Sutemus Skambes
After the first track of all keyboards and spoken invocations, the actual music finally begins, and when the singer employs his screechy “Black Metal” style vocals, everything is at least passable, but when he tries to really sing, everything just falls apart. The music likewise mutates from good to uninteresting. These guys have a lot of potential, but they need to weed out the weak stuff.
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Anton - Creando el Dolor
After the spoken word (in Spanish) intro is over, the evil Death Metal starts. Actually, there is a pretty strong Thrash influence in the music, or at least the style of the riffs, if not exactly how they are played or written, but this is still all Death. It’s also very catchy and intense enough to cause severe damage. I wish I could read Spanish. I’ll bet the lyrics are cool.
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Anthrophobia - Framework
This must be Hardcore for little kids. Perhaps what it might sound like if Warrior Soul decided to “go Hardcore.” They keep trying to show how tough they are, but everything is sugar-coated for easy swallowing by the MTV generation. The only thing tough about this disc is listening to it.
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Ancient - The Cainian Chronicle
In places the music has a sort of majestic quality, but ranges from NWOBHM-style riffs and drumming to blast beats, and covers everywhere in-between. The vocals are just as varied, with Lord Kaiaphas taking the expected screechy Black Metal technique, and injecting some Tom G. Warrior grunts, and even some lower Death roars. The music sometimes plays against the vocals, and that really keeps things very interesting. Kim’s sublime backing vocals and synth-work only make things better. Top all of that off with a Unisound recording, and Dan Swano production, and what worshiper of The Ancient Ones could ask for more? Certainly not me.
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Anathema - Eternity
Somehow this band has become a third-rate Cure rip-off.
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Altar - Ego Art
As fucking weird as it sounds, Ego Art kind of reminds me of a somewhat heavier version Gorefest’s Erase. Honestly it’s not bad for “new-style” Death Metal, although it does have some of that hated “Power Gayness” in it, but I was certainly expecting a little god damned more from the Youth Against Christ.
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The Almighty - Just Add Life
The promotional version of this has got a really neat green jewel-box that changes colors to yellow when you get it warm. I think the retail version comes in a normal jewel-box, which is really too bad, since that’s the most interesting thing I could find about this band’s tame Punky Hard Rock.
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Alastis - The Other Side
Excellent Doomy Black Metal with a great production.
[Metal Curse #11 had an additional loose page (“Last Second Additions”) inserted into the centerfold of the zine, featuring a bunch of even-shorter-than-usual “bonus” reviews of stuff that arrived after the deadline for that issue. This is one of those “Last Second Additions” reviews.]
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