All posts by Dan Obstkrieg

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

Home Front – Watch It Die Review

If I were the kind of person who felt the need to justify what I write about on this particular website to some imaginary naysaying ombudsman, then covering the second album from Edmonton, Alberta’s Home

Cemican – U k’u’uk’ankil Mayakaaj Review

The great and terrible thing about music is that anybody can make it. Literally, any body: right now, friend, you can tap your feet or hum a tune or pluck a rubber band and make

Æternia – Into The Golden Halls Review

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person within spitting distance of heavy metal on the internet in possession of some dumbass opinion about power metal must be in want of having their dumbass

Medieval Demon – All Powers Of Darkness Review

No need for prologue: the simplest way to describe Medieval Demon’s new album, All Powers of Darkness, is to say that it is “Greek black metal.” If that sounds like an insult, though… buddy, have

Abhorrent Expanse – Enter The Misanthropocene Review

It is probably not interesting to you to know that each time I thought about starting this review, I wanted to start with the line “music is music” but my brain kept immediately jumping to

Grayceon – Then The Darkness Review

Going into this, I suppose I ought to acknowledge that I’m pretty much a Grayceon mark. The sounds that this trio makes, they get my brain a-sizzle. I have reviewed, with almost embarrassing frequency, Grayceon

Ava Mendoza / Gabby Fluke-Mogul / Carolina Pérez – Mama Killa Review

The thing about music is, it’s great. If you are not a certified music-enjoyer, this feels like a weird corner of the internet to inhabit, but you are welcome here either way. For the rest

Found Sounds And Frig You Friday Presents: Vol. 14, Hey, You Can Also Go Frig Yourself This Wednesday

Fuck me, there is a LOT of music out in the world. Did you know that there are people out there who are more or less serious all the time? Maybe it’s just a stoic