Hod – Book Of The Worm Review
Originally written by Chris Redar Everything’s “blackened” these days. From “blackened” thrash (Blash ™) to “blackened” death (Death Bletal™), it’s tough to find a musical style that hasn’t had the cranberry of genres inserted into …
What’s Happening? MDF and Memoria Vetusta III, That’s What
Originally written by old guard member Jordan Campbell. Summer is boring. Actually, scratch that. Here in the northern Midwest, summer is quite excellent; we pack an entire year’s worth of social activity into a four-month …
Sangus – Saevitia Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell If you’re an upstart metal band in 2014 and you aren’t putting your music on Bandcamp, you ain’t getting heard. Simply put, if you’re cranking out demos–which don’t really exist …
PORD – Wild Review
originally written by Erik Highter Noise rock is back. Not that it ever went away, but it certainly fell out of vogue from its ’90s heyday. It was like you could be noise – pure, …
Downset – One Blood Review
Originally written by Matt Longo There are a few moments from my formative teenage metal years that particularly stand out. I can recall my first positive assertion of a “great” concept album in Operation: Mindcrime; …
5Q5A – Prizehog (Vol. 2)
originally written by Erik Highter Back in April, before they started the first tour for their latest album, Re-Unvent the Whool, I reached out to Portland’s Prizehog to see what made them tick. They opened …
Bölzer – Soma Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Before delving into Soma, a brief digression: On its face, an EP should be more appealing than a 74-minute opus in 2014. Time is at a premium in our info-overload musical …
Gilead Fest 2014 – Let’s Do This
Originally written by Jordan Campbell What better way to cap a slow news week than with a vacation, eh? I’ll be abandoning the comfy climes of Minnesota to spend a long weekend in the bastard …