Category: Reviews
Wolves In The Throne Room – Celestite Review
originally written by Erik Highter Listening to the new Wolves in the Throne Room. Yup. So I am. Hmm. Wish I had some cheetos. Only 7:15? Huh. Wimpy had a good hamburger scam. — Erik …
Hit ‘Em With The Triple Beam – Locusta / Brutal Blues / Gloom
Originally written by Chris Redar The EP might very well be the perfect format. Outside of a band attempting to make a grand statement via a concept album, limiting output to just a handful of …
The Cutthroats 9 – Dissent Review
originally written by Erik Highter Most people thought that Unsane‘s reunion in 2003 was the end of The Cutthroats 9, but Chris Spencer, Will Carroll and Tony Baumesiter are back with the bluesy and blustering …
Godflesh – Decline & Fall Review
The whole legendary-band-reunites-for-shows-and-eventually-releases-a-new-album thing has been done quite a bit in recent memory, typically with insane amounts of hype. Most notably, Carcass employed a calculated marketing campaign for what ended up being a serious winner …
Enabler – La Fin Absolue Du Monde Review
Twice on these pages I’ve cheerfully expounded upon the kickassery of Milwaukee’s Enabler. If you haven’t been rocking out to them since, then I can say with certainty that it’s not my fault. So if …
Blut Aus Nord / P.H.O.B.O.S. – Triunity Review
Splits can be a funny thing, and for something that should seem so simple, bands and labels find countless ways to screw them up. Good music just isn’t enough. The bands and/or jams really need …
Electric Citizen – Sateen Review
originally written by Erik Highter Electric Citizen take their name from the 1969 song “Death of an Electric Citizen” by the Edgar Broughton Band, and Sateen owes a great deal to the heavy acid psychedelic …
Emptiness – Nothing But The Whole Review
Belgium’s Emptiness just dropped one of 2014’s more puzzling records. First off, just where in the hell are we planning on stacking this thing? In the death metal pile next to weirdos such as Morbus …