Category: Reviews
Psilocybe – Strange Place Review
Have you ever thought about the concept of object permanence? In human development, this refers to the realization that something does not cease to exist when it is not being directly observed. But before babies …
Overkill – Scorched Review
If the job description of a journalist is to be impartial – if indeed a critic is a journalist at all – then stand back while I fail at that fundamental task… and fail soundly. …
Blast Rites: Endless Swarm – Manifested Swarms Review
Q: What happens when the Endless Swarm meets the guy from Pest Control? A: Total destruction. But on whose side? It’s a ridiculous (seemingly) hypothetical situation, but it’s … well, yeah, fine, it’s completely ridiculous, …
Altari – Kröflueldar Review
[Cover art by Altari guitarist K.R.Guðmundsson] In the press materials for Kröflueldar, the full length debut from Iceland’s Altari, the band jokes that because the record took nine years to make, they named it after …
Dødheimsgard – Black Medium Current Review
[Album artwork by Łukasz Jaszak] Let’s celebrate weirdness without getting too philosophical about what exactly constitutes “weird.” We all know weird, we all know it keeps life interesting, and we all likely hope to encounter …
Dyoxidon – The Decaying Multiverse Review
Here’s a question: does an artist owe you anything? Should they consider you, the potential audience, when creating their art? Do they have an obligation to teach you how to experience their art? And here’s …
Blast RItes: Vomi Noir – L’Innommable Remugle Et La Mélopée Cavernuleuse Des Râles Agoniques Review
Somewhere towards the beginning of the long line of teachers who are disappointed in what I’ve done with my life, there’s one who attempted to teach me French, starting in my earliest school days. For …
Found Sounds And Frig You Friday, Vol. 6
Fuck me, there is a LOT of music out in the world. Readers, friends, partisans: I do not know where thoughts come from. I had thought to open this column with Shakespeare, as if disguised …