Review by JD on October 6, 2009.

Italian black metal is certainly pretty good... but I find that there is too much of a good thing as well. Enter Sidus Tenebrarum... another band that is trying to take the BM world by storm. Will it be a Hurricane that destroys all that it touches... or is it just a light drizzle that barely waters your mother petunias?

One listen to Born From The Dark Rib, and it is clear that it is very ghastly, mean and quite nasty as hell. Sidus Tenebrarum seems to have all of the parts together for a great insidious album, like their first EP was. This new release is very rude, darkly obnoxious and sends signals for the pits of hell to open up and swallow this world... but it seems all put on in a facade sort of way. There is fire stoking in the band’s collective dark hearts, but no substance to any of the music. It comes at you, tries to strike a wicked blow... yet simply fades off into nothingness. It is actually sad!

Utterly forgettable, that is what Sidus Tenebrarum's Born From The Dark Rib is. As predictable as it is heavy, this is like many other releases out there and never really stands itself out once. It is a good album to hear, but has nothing to make you want to listen to it again. It is, unfortunately, one of those releases that had promise, and fell short in the end.

I enjoyed it, but not enough to recommend it to anyone. It is just an average Black Metal album that I have heard before... but it could have been something a whole lot more. It is, just that and nothing more. Their previous EP they had out in 2004 (Dimlight) was way better than this new outing was... it is a step backwards in the truest word of it, I hate to report something like this.

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship: 6.5
Atmosphere: 5
Production: 7 (it was pretty good)
Originality: 5
Overall: 6

Rating: 5.9

Review by Adam on October 6, 2001.

Lets play a little game shall we!? It is your job to try and figure out where this band is from with the following clues I am about to give you. Number 1: They are an awsome, techincal as hell death/thrash band. Number 2: Their latest opus is dark yet extremely melodic. Any ideas? Well if said that these guys were from Sweden then guess what... YOUR RIGHT!

Well its not everyday we discover a great new band from Sweden...wait a minute, What am I saying?... It IS everyday! However, Theory In Practice are not your normal predictable Swedish export. These guys have one of the most insane sounds ever recorded by three musicians. Think of the non stop time changes of bands like Dillinger Escape Plan mixed with the dark overtones of black metal behind a thick wall of extremely technical death/thrash metal and then you will have an idea of what Theory In Practice have made with The Armageddon Theories.

One must actually experience the album firsthand; however, to get the full picture that Theory In Practice paint for the unsuspecting listener. It is a chaotic portrait with its own sense of dismal and sinister beauty which could only be created by these Sweds. Peter Lake absolutly shreds on the axe doing all the guitar parts for the album and writing all the material as well. The bass and keyboards on the record are expertly handled by Mattias Engstrand, and both the extreme vocals and inhuman drum tracks are executed by a man by the name of Henrik Ohlsson.

This record is definetly a rare gem within the huge and over crowded Swedish extreme metal realm. It has something for basically every type of metal fan out there and the intensity to kick any person directly in the ass and leave him or her sore for the rest of their lives. My advice to the person reading this review right now is to leave your house immediatly to pick up this cd. No metalhead is to be without The Armageddon Theories!

Bottom Line: Records like this are what the bottom line is all about! Buy this!...Buy it now!

Rating: 9 out of 10

Review by Adam on October 6, 2001.

Lets play a little game shall we!? It is your job to try and figure out where this band is from with the following clues I am about to give you. Number 1: They are an awsome, techincal as hell death/thrash band. Number 2: Their latest opus is dark yet extremely melodic. Any ideas? Well if said that these guys were from Sweden then guess what... YOUR RIGHT!

Well its not everyday we discover a great new band from Sweden...wait a minute, What am I saying?... It IS everyday! However, Theory In Practice are not your normal predictable Swedish export. These guys have one of the most insane sounds ever recorded by three musicians. Think of the non stop time changes of bands like Dillinger Escape Plan mixed with the dark overtones of black metal behind a thick wall of extremely technical death/thrash metal and then you will have an idea of what Theory In Practice have made with The Armageddon Theories.

One must actually experience the album firsthand; however, to get the full picture that Theory In Practice paint for the unsuspecting listener. It is a chaotic portrait with its own sense of dismal and sinister beauty which could only be created by these Sweds. Peter Lake absolutly shreds on the axe doing all the guitar parts for the album and writing all the material as well. The bass and keyboards on the record are expertly handled by Mattias Engstrand, and both the extreme vocals and inhuman drum tracks are executed by a man by the name of Henrik Ohlsson.

This record is definetly a rare gem within the huge and over crowded Swedish extreme metal realm. It has something for basically every type of metal fan out there and the intensity to kick any person directly in the ass and leave him or her sore for the rest of their lives. My advice to the person reading this review right now is to leave your house immediatly to pick up this cd. No metalhead is to be without The Armageddon Theories!

Bottom Line: Records like this are what the bottom line is all about! Buy this!...Buy it now!

Rating: 9 out of 10

Review by Adam on October 6, 2001.

Lets play a little game shall we!? It is your job to try and figure out where this band is from with the following clues I am about to give you. Number 1: They are an awsome, techincal as hell death/thrash band. Number 2: Their latest opus is dark yet extremely melodic. Any ideas? Well if said that these guys were from Sweden then guess what... YOUR RIGHT!

Well its not everyday we discover a great new band from Sweden...wait a minute, What am I saying?... It IS everyday! However, Theory In Practice are not your normal predictable Swedish export. These guys have one of the most insane sounds ever recorded by three musicians. Think of the non stop time changes of bands like Dillinger Escape Plan mixed with the dark overtones of black metal behind a thick wall of extremely technical death/thrash metal and then you will have an idea of what Theory In Practice have made with The Armageddon Theories.

One must actually experience the album firsthand; however, to get the full picture that Theory In Practice paint for the unsuspecting listener. It is a chaotic portrait with its own sense of dismal and sinister beauty which could only be created by these Sweds. Peter Lake absolutly shreds on the axe doing all the guitar parts for the album and writing all the material as well. The bass and keyboards on the record are expertly handled by Mattias Engstrand, and both the extreme vocals and inhuman drum tracks are executed by a man by the name of Henrik Ohlsson.

This record is definetly a rare gem within the huge and over crowded Swedish extreme metal realm. It has something for basically every type of metal fan out there and the intensity to kick any person directly in the ass and leave him or her sore for the rest of their lives. My advice to the person reading this review right now is to leave your house immediatly to pick up this cd. No metalhead is to be without The Armageddon Theories!

Bottom Line: Records like this are what the bottom line is all about! Buy this!...Buy it now!

Rating: 9 out of 10