Generally Impressed With Riffs
[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 …
originally written by Kyle Harcott “Hao! Dai ye! We won again! This is good, but what is best in life?” “The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair.” …
I remember the day that the disc-only promo for Jaldaboath’s The Rise of the Heraldic Beasts arrived at my former radio station. I took one look at it – medieval artwork, old English fonts, difficult-to-read …
If you were browsing the racks of your favorite record store (they still exist, I swear) and came across an album called Speed Metal Hell by an umlauted Töxik Death, you would assume they played …
Firstly: I am most certainly one of those people who gets pretty worked up over the prospect of a new Slough Feg album. They are a band that endures inside a fairly unique perfect storm …
Originally written by Chris Redar So Steve Tucker’s throwing his hat back into the ring with Warfather, a multinational death metal cavalcade featuring such stunning pseudonyms as…Deimos! Avgvstvs! Armatura!…and…that’s it, actually. I’ve got to tell you, …
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Behemoth is making some serious waves in the run-up to the release of The Satanist, due February 4th via Metal Blade. The hype shouldn’t be surprising. Over the course of …
If the band name leaves a bad taste in your mouth… well, that’s because it’s crappy… (Thanks. I’ll be here all week. Tip your waitress.) You’d be forgiven for immediately thinking Poland’s regrettably named Ass …
Yesterday, At The Gates announced that they will release a new album later this year. Entitled At War With Reality and due via Century Media, the band’s first release since 1995’s seminal Slaughter of the Soul …
