Category: Reviews
Exterminator! – You Need The Service? Review
Aotearoa New Zealand trio Exterminator! aren’t a punk band, per se. However, the Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) band’s tar-thick sludge was born in the squalid depths of their hometown’s DIY punk scene. In the same way …
No Spill Blood – Eye Of Night Review
Perhaps you would agree that there are many ways for a band to be good. (If you do not agree, that is okay. But why start off on such a disagreeable footing?) There are two …
Soulmass – Let Us Pray Review
[Cover art by Samuel Nelson] If you’re some sort of masochist, perhaps you relished the searing agony of reading through the inane scattered ramblings of my 2022 best-of list. It wouldn’t take you long to …
Insomnium – Anno 1696 Review
[Artwork by Sami Makkonen] Not sure if you’ve noticed, but melodeath is enjoying a heck of a resurgence of late. To be clear, the offshoot never fully left the arena, but it’s probably been about …
Frozen Dawn – The Decline Of The Enlightened Gods Review
With all due respect to the late Mariusz Lewandowski and the art chosen to adorn the cover of Frozen Dawn’s fourth record, The Decline of the Enlightened Gods, it’s a mite off for this sound. …
Endorphins Lost – Night People Review
It’s only been a few short months since the last outburst from these Pacific Northwestern powerviolence purveyors. Back in August, they put forth a killer EP in Head Sick, one that saw them leaning a …
Hellwalker – Hellwalker Review
Hellwalker is one of those entirely random, spot ’em on Bandcamp finds for me—which is to say, the best of finds. As is true for most people, life pulls me away from that kind of …
Sequestrum – Pickled Preservation Review
Wait, wait. Stop. STOP. Before we get too far into this – or before we get into at all, in fact – credit where it’s due, and let’s call some attention to the undeniable: In …