“Rating: 9/10 Since 2011, Northeast Ohio Death Metal mainstays Psyclosarin have been offering up their unique take on the genre. With enough massive riff and slamming grooves to bring any mosh pit to its knees, the band have carved themselves a special niche on the scene. With dozens of high profile performances at notable venues such as the Agora in Cleveland, Psyclosarin have set the stage as one of the leading forces in a new generation of Extreme Metal. With their latest release, 2016’s Perceptions For the Damned, Psyclosarin take the overt brutality of classic Death Metal and sprinkle in a slight but significant touch of the atmospheric drone of Black Metal for a refreshingly exciting collection of very heavy songs. Similar to the approach taken by acts like Behemoth and Vader on recent releases, Psyclosarin favor neither style over the other, but sacrifice nothing.”

“Rating: 7/10 Psyclosarin are much more than a one-dimensionsal blast beat machine. In fact, they are the exact opposite and Psyclosarin’s schizophrenic songwriting can actually be jarring at times – too often we heard a brief snippet of an absolutely colossal riff that failed to rear its head again – but that just indicates the sheer number of ideas Psyclosarin are toying with. When they do go for the throat, closing track “Rampage” is particularly vicious, Psyclosarin’s streamlined attack is impossible to escape from, delivering an almighty bludgeoning with an array of devastating weaponery. And so it goes for the majority of Perceptions of the Damned, Psyclosarin proving reliably punishing.  Fortunately, “Sever The Cord” slows things down a tad, its opening few minutes bringing a progressive edge to proceedings. Somewhat akin to Canadian thrash gods Annihilator lining themselves up for a suitably clinical thrash-fest.”