Soulmass – Principality Of Mechanical Violence Review
[Cover art by Samuel Nelson] When I reviewed Soulmass’ previous album, Let Us Pray, and when I named it to spot number 20 on my best-of list last year, I mentioned that while part of …
Knoll – As Spoken Review
There’s certainly value in bands that find a tried and true formula and then ride that formula for the entire existence of the band. Known quantities are a profound comfort in a world full of …
Best Of 2023: Spencer Hotz – Get High With A Little Help From Your Friends
In thinking back on the year that was, the idea of journies is what most strongly comes to mind. I recently came to the realization that my wife and I spent a ludicrous amount of …
Deliriant Nerve – Contaminated Conscience
2022 was a year thoroughly blessed by the grindcore gods. If you didn’t have your ear to the crusty, grimy, cheap beer-soaked ground, you missed one of the strongest grind years in recent memory. Perhaps …
Neurectomy – Overwrought Review
Do you hate your brain? Not in the way where you’re a touch frustrated with that ol’ silly goose for making you forget your least favorite child at the bus stop again. I mean the …
Woe – Legacies of Frailty Review
[Cover art by Khaos Diktator Design] American muscle is a term generally reserved for talking about cars. Granted, we do spend a lot of time talking about American muscles when it comes to U.S. athletes …
Graveripper – Seasons Dreaming Death Review
[Cover art by Adam Burke] Have you ever wondered what it would be like to careen down a mountain on a bike only one day after feeling confident enough to remove your training wheels? Or …
Dead and Dripping – Blackened Cerebral Rifts Review
[Cover Art by Jason Wayne Barnett] More like blackened cerebral RIFFS, amirite? Now that we got that idiocy out of the way, I’d like to talk about Key & Peele, the delightful sketch comedy show …