Category: Reviews
Vallenfyre – A Fragile King Review
The backstory of the formation of Vallenfyre has been fairly well bandied about, but bears repeating: founding member and guitarist of Paradise Lost Gregor Mackintosh, in coping with the recent death of his father, starts …
Forteresse – Crépuscule d’Octobre Review
I like to think I’m the kind of person who doesn’t judge books by their cover, but I am, and I do. I also buy real LPs and CDs so I can enjoy the artwork …
Cynic – Carbon-Based Anatomy Review
Somewhere on the 210 freeway, I realized that Paul Masvidal is never going back to his old life. Nor should he. Because Cynic is an art project that was born into progression and has been …
Rêx Mündi – IHVH Review
Regardless of the recent explosion of directions that black metal seems to be travelling in, there remains a good number of projects that dedicate their work to pure, seething evil. Much like the music itself, …
Anal Cunt – The Old Testament Review
Well, here’s that compilation of Anal Cunt’s early releases and rarities that you’ve all been waiting for, just in time for the holidays… Tragically, the world’s most intentionally abrasive band came to a screeching halt …
Klabautamann – The Old Chamber Review
At one point early in my collegiate career, I was in art school. I never much bought into the philosophical / existential / post-modern side of all of it (I did gain a keen sense …
Cormorant – Dwellings Review
No matter what genre I’m listening to, whether weepy-face indie rock diaper-wetting, robots-having-a-seizure electronic angle music, or fjord-gargling black metal of the least children-and-small-animal-friendly variety, my favorite music tends to do two things: feel both …
Woburn House – Sleep Summer Storm Review
For those interested in quirky experimentation, restless progression, and a decided absence of preening pretension in their heavy music, the interconnected family of bands on the roster of German label Zeitgeister Music (including, in addition …