Royal Thunder – CVI Review
Royal Thunder’s self-titled EP, released late in 2010, was an unassumingly excellent first statement from a young band bristling with potential. The Atlanta, Georgia band’s earnest, soulful take on Southern-inflected rock with a rippling undercurrent …
Ides Of Gemini – Constantinople Review
Los Angeles trio Ides of Gemini is nothing if not evocative. For this particular listener, Constantinople conjures images of a caravan trudging into some unknowable wilderness, wrapped in the gauzy patina of memory. The music …
Reverse Polarity – Get Heavy Soul(ed)
Heavy, of course, is relative. And I suppose, in a phrase, that’s the whole point of this damn editorial series. Too many of us, for too long, have willingly (or at least unthinkingly) participated in …
Usurpress – In Permanent Twilight Review
I will absolutely admit to signing on to do this review based entirely on the fact that Usurpress is such an ear-to-ear-smilingly fantastic name for a band. And really, why shouldn’t we let our baser …
Furze – Psych Minus Space Control Review
If there is one word that is practically unavoidable in any discussion of the Norwegian band Furze, that word is “weird.” To put it plainly, Woe J. Reaper, Furze’s prime mover, is a bona fide …
Immolith – StormDragon Review
New Jersey’s Immolith is about two decades late and several thousand miles shy of the epicenter of black metal’s second wave, but that hasn’t dissuaded these Garden State grouches from firing up the ol’ Icy …
Mares Of Thrace – The Pilgrimage Review
On its second album, the potent and diabolically toe-tapping The Pilgrimage, the Canadian duo Mares of Thrace occupies itself primarily with making a hostile racket. If public sentiment demands that we must get more specific …
Mgła – With Hearts Toward None Review
The immutable laws of statistics being what they are, it should come as no surprise that genre orthodoxy is a crutch much more often than a crown. Thus, when a band comes along that unswervingly …