Dysentery – Dejection Chrysalis Review
[Artwork by Hidris] There’s something to embracing simplicity. In a style demanding an arms race toward an endgame of mutually assured absurdity, Dysentery, on Dejection Chrysalis, the band’s newest LP and first excretion in 10 …
Slomatics – Atomicult Review
[Artwork by Ryan Lesser] It starts softly. “Obey Capricorn,” the opener of Slomatics’ eighth album, Atomicult, begins with drummer/vocalist Martin Harvey all by his lonesome. “Behold: the moon, the sun, the stars, the sky,” Harvey …
Coltsblood – Obscured Into Nebulous Dusk Review
[Artwork by Louis Daguerre] If Esoteric’s guitar leads are the sound of the stars, Coltsblood’s echo the Earth’s interior, at least a subterrain pulled straight from Jules Verne’s fantastical imagination. The quintessential Coltsbloodian lead is …
Unmerciful – Devouring Darkness Review
[Artwork by Santiago Francisco Jarramillo] Drummer Trynt Kelly’s feet are flying. That’s one point of interest on Devouring Darkness, Unmerciful’s fourth full-length, and that point is like an industrial sewing machine needle turbo-embroidering your ear …
Demonic Death Judge – Absolutely Launched Review
[Cover design and layout by Toni Raukola] In a 2012 interview with The Sludgelord, Finland’s Demonic Death Judge — a band that, as our own Spencer Hotz put it, is not, in fact, a Soulsborne …
Rwake – The Return Of Magik Review
[Cover artwork by Loni Gillum of Minerva’s Menagerie and RWAKE] There are lyrics in “The Return of Magik,” the title track of Rwake’s sixth album and first in almost 14 years, with variable payloads. Two …