Norma Jean has been Redeemed from their missteps and are back to take your on a wild ride.   Full text...

Serene, ambient, tranquil. These are words that will never be used in the same sentence as Norma Jean unless they carry the words ‘are the destroyers of all that is…..' in front of them. Since 2002 they've defined (and are continually redefining) their own brand of aural chaos in a way that has changed the face of underground extreme-noise-core metal.  Full text...

Redeemer is a great follow-up to O' God The Aftermath; the songs are a little shorter, there is a little more diversity and the new sound is a solid evolution for Norma Jean. Despite the small changes, the music is angry, noisy, dissonant and heavy, which is what most fans have come to love and expect from Norma Jean. Fans of O' God The Aftermath should find very little disappointment in Redeemer.   Full text...

This is a good album. There is a lot of inventiveness in the orchestrated insanity, heaviness countered with brief bits of melody, plenty to keep the metalcore fan happy. This is a band to keep an eye on, this could be the start of something much bigger.  Full text...

At least they aren’t still combining two random words to make one uber-scene word.   Full text...