Generally Impressed With Riffs
Picture this, brah brah: You’re out enjoying a nice meal with the in-laws. It’s a pleasant setting—a beach vacation, let’s say. The sun gently peeks above the horizon, illuminating the tides as they roll in and wash away the footprints …
[Artwork by Pierre de Palmas] When revealing Melting Rot as the first band booked to play at Revenge of the Corpse 3, festival organizer Isaac Horne wrote on Instagram that the Aurora, Illinois, trio was “the closest you’ll ever get …
[Album artwork by Staffan Lindroth] The last time we gathered together under the Dimhav banner, I was busy losing my grip over the Swede’s very excellent and very sudden debut, 2019’s The Boreal Flame. I say ‘very sudden’ in that …
[Cover art by Caelan Stokkermans] “Change–and everything is change; nothing can be held on to–to the degree that you go with a stream, you see, you are are still, you are flowing with it. But to the degree you resist …
Originally written by Ian Chainey If you’re like me, you’ll spend today softly weeping in bed while listening to culture podcasts since it’s your only link to a social life. If you’re like the idealized …
This is the end of the line. Well, not really. There’s still a full two weeks left in the year, and you’re still bracket-busting your way towards crowning a Metal Madness 2013 tournament champion. But as …
Metal fans often seem to have problems deciding what constitutes “true black metal.” Is it lo-fi production and satanic lyrics? Perhaps it’s tremolo guitar riffs and non-stop blast beats. Whatever the essential elements may be, …
originally written by Juho Mikkonen When it comes to maintaining the brittle balance between drawing from the fountainhead and pushing beyond the familiar waters, many newer death metal bands could learn a thing or two …
originally written by Craig Hayes I understand that plenty of folk think a lengthy tune that sheds its hook gets real boring, real fast. That’s fair enough. Metal’s already drowning in the briny depths of …
Every music critic – and indeed, every music fan who cares and dares to dig – has pet bands, the bands that they’re forever touting as one that “should be huge” and “everyone should be …
Too often, good bands doing the intentionally old school thing go unnoticed because, by design, they don’t exactly stand out. Fans and writers looking for The Next Big Thing might pass quickly if some original …
Originally written by Dean Brown. If anything can be taken from post-Max Cavalera Sepultura, it is that the band will, regardless of the lambasting it has received since 1996, persevere to create new music, whether you …
