Forest Stream – The Crown Of Winter Review
The cover of Forest Stream’s new record, The Crown of Winter, is a stunner. In every shade of glacial blue, it depicts a venerable sailing ship frozen aslant in icebound waters, agonizingly close to a …
Cage – Science Of Annihilation Review
A new Cage album is no longer afforded the grace of being considered a potentially overlooked gem. The San Diego power troupe assured their fifth studio album, Science of Annihilation, a higher level of scrutiny …
Gulch – Uphill Both Ways Review
Despite the fact that I had designs on tearing this album apart and was relishing the opportunity to lay critical waste to the band who on their Myspace page proudly describe themselves as “Kansas Farm-core …
Archgoat – The Light-Devouring Darkness Review
The Light-Devouring Darkness is thirty minutes of pure fucking ugly. Archgoat has no use for melody, no time for harmony and no tolerance for catchiness. Lord Angelslayer’s vocals are so gutturally deep as to be …
Artillery – When Death Comes Review
Next up in the cavalcade of thrash revivals: Artillery. If you don’t know, the Danish thrashers released a couple of good albums in the 80’s that borrowed a bit from the happening scenes of the …
Glorior Belli – Meet Us At The Southern Sign Review
The Crossroads. Whether this conjures for you an image of a young black man in a dusty black suit and holding a shabby guitar case, or the epic axe battle between Ralph Macchio and Steve …
Nahemah – A New Constellation Review
A quick check of the googles for Nahemah will yield several results that tag the band as progressive death metal. There has been some mild but entirely warranted debate over how appropriate this label is, …
El Paramo – El Paramo Review
Krautrock inspired by the Palm Desert scene and refined in the halls of the Chicago School of Atmospheric Post-Metal, by way of Madrid, Spain. Unless you’re already familiar with El Paramo, or studied in these …