Sepulcrustacean returns with 11 entries from the battlefields of metal, plus a few others. Lavos Beckon Wars Fought With The Heron-Marked Blade Independent, 2012 The Philippines is hardly a country known for its metal output. They’re the last place I would expect to find late ’80s American-style progressive power metal. It’s unfortunate this album flew over everyone’s heads as it rips as hard as it remains hidden from the oldschool crowd as a whole. In stark contrast to the welterweight, mish-mashed NWoTHM that’s since become ubiquitous, this Chrono Trigger-referencing band hones in on a very specific part of a classic … Continue reading Cold Steel Dawn: The Subjugation Of September