Category: Reviews
Death Metal Dossier: Madrost, Kuvotus, Ruin & Hedles
DEATH METAL DOSSIER: BACK FOR THE ATTACK EDITION “We tried swinging, but realized we were all we need.” An apt title and something Ryan texted me late one night from his Lisa Frank phone. The …
Black Elephant – Seven Swords Review
In his book American Zombie Gothic, author Kyle William Bishop unveils his theory that the walking dead standout as the pinnacle American monster among their legendary peers like vampires, mummies and so on. While the …
Expander – Neuropunk Boostergang Review
</INITIATE.PROTOCOL: (coverART.Awesome!) Music always comes first, here at YourLastRitesCorp, Inc. (GIWR on the heavy metal stock exchange; available in units of RiffCoin only.) But we also recognize that the right image will hook us before …
Resin Tomb ‒ Resin Tomb Review
Fast Rites: because sometimes brevity is fundamental. A confession: I saw this name and immediately thought of Cannabis Corpse’s Tube of the Resinated and got really excited for some sort of stonery death-sludge, then I …
Selbst – Relatos De Angustia Review
Disclaimer: This is not a DSBM album. For some odd reason, “depressive” black metal gets associated with a certain trope of mournful, angsty sadboys drooping around their candlelit bedrooms and gazing up softly at the …
Necrot – Mortal Review
Can death metal mature? Perhaps not like a fine wine but more like an angsty teenager who finally put down the Noxema and decided to work on their insides because that’s what is truly important …
Gorgatron – Pathogenic Automation Review
Ten years ago, I reviewed Gorgatron’s Torturetorium album, and that was the last thing I’ve heard of theirs, which means that I apparently missed 2014’s Inner Supremacy entirely. My review wasn’t a brilliant piece of …
Self Hypnosis ‒ Contagion of Despair Review
Contagion of Despair, the first full length from the UK’s Self Hypnosis, is a huge, sprawling album in more ways than one. Most obviously, it pushes 80 minutes in length, which would seem very long …