All posts by Isaac Hams

Warning – Rituals Of Shame Review

[Cover art by Tekla Vály] Long ago on this very website, I briefly mentioned my relationship with Watching from a Distance and its “origin story” (See Paragraph Two) within the as-yet wildly silly narrative arc of my

Stack Overflow In Corpse Pile Interface

A Forest Of Stars – Stack Overflow In Corpse Pile Interface

[Cover art by Mister Curse] Stack Overflow In Corpse Pile Interface. Stack Overflow in…Corpse Pile Interface? “What’s in a name? That which we call a corpse pile, by any other word would smell as putrid”

Miserere Luminis – Sidera Review

[Cover art by Adam Burke] Sweeping, tactile strokes. Threads of light and iridescent color pervading an inky blackness. A sense of continual but ever-shifting movement, like water. You might think these descriptive passages were written

Best of 2025: Isaac Hams – The Big Short

Hello! Thank you for being here. I know you have a lot going on with work, family, responsibilities of many shapes, sizes and decibel levels. Taking five minutes of your valuable time to glaze over

Glorious Depravity – Death Never Sleeps Review

[cover artwork by the inimitable Dan Seagrave] Hello(ween) all, and a very hellish Halloween to you! Be that this is the designated day of all things dead and frightful, shall we explore something squishy, a

Messa – The Spin Review

[cover artwork by Nico Vascellari] Every artist worth a speck is destined to release at least one “divisive” record – you’ve heard a few in your day, I’m sure. The heavy-heeled stagger into stuffy acoustic

Nite – Cult Of The Serpent Sun Review

[cover artwork by Adam Vick of Dark Meditation] Everyone you know and love is a shambling whole comprised of smaller and smaller parts. You can drill down through the cutaneous, into the tissue, within the