The Ultimate Mark

Blinded Colony “Bedtime Prayers”
I get e-mails from Pivotal Rockordings every so often hyping this band. So this is what it’s all about? Generic-sounding metalcore with a lead singer adopting Korn-isms? I’ll admit to having listened to Korn a decade ago when my tastes were shifting from alt-rock/"indie music" to metal and I was the staunch [...]
http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/blindedcolony-bedtimeprayers/
Deadlock “Wolves”
What the hell did I just listen to? I understand metalcore is an easy target for ridicule and I’m not trying to establish some instant cred here by bashing it just because it sucks. Most of it is unoriginal, bands tend to ape At the Gates, Slayer and/or melodic Swedish death metal etc. [...]
http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/deadlock-wolves/
Damnation (US) “Spineless Skies”
Just to make things clear, this is not Damnation from Poland and this is not Damnation from Sweden. This is not Damnation from Virginia, Damnation AD, Damnation from Quebec or any other band with the words ‘damn,’ ‘nation’ and/or ‘damnation’ in their name. This is the San Diego-area Damnation. Granted, more people [...]
http://www.teufelstomb.com/reviews/damnation_us-spinelessskies/