Category: Reviews
Papangu – Lampião Rei Review
Cover artwork by Eduardo Ver Papangu’s debut album, Holoceno, was a resounding success in 2021, even making that year’s Last Rites Combined Staff Top 25. Four longtime friends from João Pessoa, Brazil, had somehow found …
Avmakt – Satanic Inversion Of…. Review
What do you do when a band masters a particular sound, moment in time, and vibe, but eventually abandons it for other styles? Do you seek out someone else doing it, even if you know …
VHS – For A Few Riffs More Review
[Cover artwork by Christopher Diaz] A gust of wind hurls a pocket of dirt into the boiling western air, and a tumbleweed scurries inches behind two boots planted firmly in the ground. The silhouette of …
MEER – Wheels Within Wheels Review
[Cover art by Helena Haglund and Simen Sandbæk Skari] What is a wheel? The dictionary definition, probably penned by the Pol Pot of dictionaries, would claim that it is: “a circular object that revolves on …
Sur Austru – Datura Străhiarelor Review
Folk metal appears to be going through a pariah phase these days. Of course, genre popularity ebbs and flows with the tide of public opinion, but this once-booming scene of the mid-aughts has fallen on …
Spectral Wound – Songs Of Blood And Mire Review
Unfortunately, I’ve yet to have the privilege of visiting Canada. However, once I trek across the border, I expect to be bombarded with friendliness and hockey and drenched in maple syrup. Look, I dig Canada. …
Concrete Winds – Concrete Winds Review
Imagine you are a humble fellow toiling away in a cement factory. You help man the kiln when the prepared mix of various raw materials and gypsum are gathered. Your days are long and arduous, …
Houkago Grind Time – Koncertos Of Kawaiiness: Stealing Jon Chang’s Ideas, A Book By Andrew Lee Review
One-man metal machine and anime geek Andrew Lee has been a busy boy of late. There’s a new Ripped To Shreds on the horizon, slated for late next month, and here we are also with …