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[Cover artwork by Old Hag] When I initially realized that Arckanum’s first album after a long hiatus—and, technically, its breakup—would be released on All Hallows’ Eve, I devised this rather cutesy and far-fetched idea to compare the entire album to …
[Album artwork / art direction by Joseph Niet / The Creative Corporation] Offering up a textbook definition of “holy crap, time flies,” Black Sabbath’s swan song, 13, was released 13 years ago, on June 7th, 2013. In a curious move, …
If you’re just now catching up, well, we’re just now catching up. Seth Buttnam and I (plus one uninvited guest) are rounding up some of our favoritest grindcore (or grind-adjacent) releases of the past however many months, since we (read: …
[Album artwork by Truls Espedal] It’s 17 albums for Enslaved now, comprising a discography I find exceptionally challenging to wrap my arms around. What’s going on here? Does anyone else forget that the relatively rote and by-the-numbers Frost is actually …
For me, at least, one of the great coincidental synchronicities of the past six years or so hinges around the simultaneous re-emergence of both Overkill and Accept into the top tier of metal. After Ironbound …
For those who missed it, Part 1 of this editorial explored three power metal albums from 2014 that should top any fan’s list: Falconer – Black Moon Rising Released: June 6th, 2014 Metal Blade Records …
Ye come seekin’ adventure and salty ol’ pirates, eh? Sure ye come to the proper place. But keep a weather ear open, mates, and hold on tight…there be squalls ahead, and plundering pirates lurking in …
“Why? Why! WHY!!!” They screamed from amidst a swirling sea of sludgy, blackened, folky hardcore & punk-infused satanic death metal with post-industrial Viking influences. “Why must you continue to shine a spotlight on something as …
Originally written by Chris Redar Everything’s “blackened” these days. From “blackened” thrash (Blash ™) to “blackened” death (Death Bletal™), it’s tough to find a musical style that hasn’t had the cranberry of genres inserted into …
Originally written by old guard member Jordan Campbell. Summer is boring. Actually, scratch that. Here in the northern Midwest, summer is quite excellent; we pack an entire year’s worth of social activity into a four-month …
Originally written by Jordan Campbell If you’re an upstart metal band in 2014 and you aren’t putting your music on Bandcamp, you ain’t getting heard. Simply put, if you’re cranking out demos–which don’t really exist …
“Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.” ~ Mark ‘Don’t Call Me Marky’ Twain I have mostly missed the boat in terms of …
