Destination Dystopia

Stalwarts of the melodic death metal scene since the mid-’90s, BURDEN OF GRIEF are still rolling at full pelt. Five years after the well-received “Eye Of The Storm”, the Germans exhibit no great desire to mix things up and reinvent themselves....

Managed Decline

It begins with a warm wave of mournful brass, suggesting that UNDERDARK may have mellowed over the two years since their first album, “Our Bodies Burned Bright On Re-Entry”. The slow, sad riff that slithers in at the start of real opener “Managed...