Christian Mistress – To Your Death Review
Interrogate yourself: love and hate are easy, but tepid enjoyment or moderate disappointment? Your book club doesn’t give a shit about that kind of weak sauce. Point being, it’s a hell of a lot simpler …
Hooded Menace – Darkness Drips Forth Review
Nostalgia is big business. In the time it takes you to read this, probably a dozen bands have formed out of nothing other than the desperate urge to make something new. Their songs – and …
Indesinence – III Review
Doom/death is a fickle thing. The interesting thing about the template laid out a quarter-century ago is that it was always a ramshackle synthesis. For all the gothic grandeur that the Peaceville 3 aspired to, …
Author & Punisher – Melk En Honig Review
Welcome to the bespoke machine apocalypse. If Tristan Shone’s music as Author & Punisher has been on your radar at all, you likely know that the sounds of Melk en Honing are formed by custom …
Cradle Of Filth – Hammer Of The Witches Review
Though in some sewer-dwelling internet circles it may still be possible to earn your in-group stripes by shitting on Her Majesty’s Merriest Misfits, if you are of the opinion that Cradle of Filth is not …
Khemmis – Absolution Review
Let’s get to the point: Absolution is a promising debut album all but ruined by its laughably out-of-place harsh vocals. On paper, Denver’s Khemmis is an appealing proposition: their fuzzed-out tones and love for Lizzy-descended …
False – Untitled Review
For as much as the genre flaunts its supposed nihilism and negativity, at its best, black metal produces a sort of ecstatic trance in the listener. Thus, although the style is easy enough to muster …
Midnight Odyssey – Shards Of Silver Fade Review
The collapse of the record industry and the proliferation of inexpensive tools for independent recording and distribution have meant, in many ways, a liberation of artistic expression. On the whole, then, that’s a good thing: …