All posts by Dan Obstkrieg

Happily committed to the foolish pursuit of words about sounds. Not actually a dinosaur.

Psilocybe – Strange Place Review

Have you ever thought about the concept of object permanence? In human development, this refers to the realization that something does not cease to exist when it is not being directly observed. But before babies

Dyoxidon – The Decaying Multiverse Review

Here’s a question: does an artist owe you anything? Should they consider you, the potential audience, when creating their art? Do they have an obligation to teach you how to experience their art? And here’s

Found Sounds And Frig You Friday, Vol. 6

Fuck me, there is a LOT of music out in the world. Readers, friends, partisans: I do not know where thoughts come from. I had thought to open this column with Shakespeare, as if disguised

Triumpher – Storming The Walls Review

Has anyone ever asked you the seemingly basic question, “Why do you like heavy metal?” Sometimes that question comes from a place of disgust, as in, “How can you listen to all that noise?” Sometimes

Found Sounds And Frig You Friday, Vol. 5

Fuck me, there is a LOT of music out in the world. You ever think about how words are really weird? Right now, for example, you are reading Volume Five of this odyssey of idiocy,

Verminous Serpent – The Malign Covenant Review

Friends, I don’t know about you, but sometimes I lose my patience with black/death metal. Too many bands focus their energy on kicking up an intimidating, claustrophobic racket, but they forget to start with riffs

Gorod – The Orb Review

Let’s begin with a question that might seem a little academic: Do you need your death metal to make sense? Of course, to the complete outsider, nothing about death metal makes any sense at all,

Found Sounds And Frig You Friday, Vol. 4

Fuck me, there is a LOT of music out in the world. You ever tape songs off the radio? (Yes, at least two of the words in that sentence are enough to paint me as