Category: Reviews
Artificial Brain – Artificial Brain Review
[Artwork by a fellow called Adam Burke] “Wait, this is black metal! I’m eating black metal!” ~ Tom Colicchio There’s a thing that happens in extremely sophisticated restaurants and amidst scheming competitive cooking shows where …
Buried Realm – Buried Realm Review
Too awkwardly dated and impure to be obviously cool in the social media age, melodic death metal (melodeath) revivalism is – compared to its metalcore cousin, and despite the loaded term – well, not a …
Obscene – …From Dead Horizon To Dead Horizon
[Cover Art by Skaðvaldur] When a band jumps onto the scene and releases its first demo or EP, there’s a general talking point around promise. Perhaps it shows promise or it may even feel like …
Mournful Congregation ‒ The Exuviae Of Gods – Part I Review
In his intro of our Devil’s Dozen of My Dying Bride, Dan Obstkrieg describes the UK greats’ overwhelming commitment to sadness, and I would go even farther and anoint MDB the all-time lords of heavy …
The Chasm – The Scars Of A Lost Reflective Shadow Review
A bear, Salvator Rosa, and the two old guys from the Muppets walk into a bar… Wait… Before we go there, let’s get serious. Line up ten veteran bands and ask them to regale you …
Blast Rites #10: Berated / Barren – Chainsaw Deth Grind Review
Ten entries into this Blast Rites barrage and we have our first repeat offender… Belgium’s chainsaw grinders Barren got the compilation treatment earlier this year from Esagoya Records in Japan, rounding up the two demos …
Blue Heron – Ephemeral Review
I ride a commuter train into downtown Chicago to get to my office. (Yes, I am going somewhere with this.) Several years ago – likely late 2019 or very early 2020 – there was a …
SkullShitter – Goat Claw Review
SkullShitter’s press materials declares that “Goat Claw is a fully realized Satanic grindcore experience.” Well, now… That certainly sounds like fun… Apparently fueled by various hallucinogens, SkullShitter – and by extension, Goat Claw – is …