Generally Impressed With Riffs
[Cover art by Quinn Henderson] You’re familiar with the term, “unc,” right? If not, it generally refers to a washed up older feller whose personality in large part revolves around extravagantly performing confusion and/or displeasure at the mere notion of …
[Artwork by Caroline Harrison] “Nonsense” opens with a slow fade-in of distorted guitars and seismic drums — the chaos before the swarm. It’s a trick of the trade, the extreme metal equivalent of a camera operator calling out “speed” before …
[Cover artwork by Luca “Zeero” Zironi] There was always something uniquely charming about Konquest’s brand of traditional heavy metal—an almost whimsical breeziness that still felt like a near perfect balance of playful and substantive. A long-lost Italian cousin to Sweden’s …
[Cover art by Beyond Art] There are bad musical moods, and then there’s Mylingar. Over the course of the last decade this group of anonymous Swedes has concocted the type of ill-meaning black/death that makes Diocletian seem like a Care …
Clive Burr began his career with Iron Maiden in 1979 after a brief stint with Samson. He appeared on the albums Iron Maiden (1980), Killers (1981) and Number of the Beast (1982), and was widely …
Originally written by Ramar Pittance Chances are you didn’t hear Arctic Sleep‘s Arbors when it was released in October, 2012. That’s okay; you’re not alone. The unsigned Milwaukee/Chicago-based quartet is the brainchild of songwriters and self-professed amplifier junkies …
Fundamentally speaking, there are two types of drug honkeys. There are those that prefer to go up, that get high to get higher and faster, and there are those looking to go down. This Drug …
As is the case, I would imagine, with most of you, I spend time with people who have little to no knowledge of any music outside of the pop world. To my friends and acquaintances …
If you’re worried that it’s been almost six months since Vindsval gave us new Blut Aus Nord music, and you fear that a sudden gap in his inhuman rate of production will lead to some …
Originally written by Matt Longo My experience with Ancient VVisdom in 2012 was one of reluctant acceptance. Despite unconscious red flags, A Godlike Inferno still secured a spot in my heavy rotations list come year’s …
Drummer. Songwriter. Metal historian. Staunch traditionalist. Curmudgeon. There are a lot of terms that could be used to describe Darkthrone skinsman / recent vocalist Fenriz (born Gylve Fenris Nagell), and to a certain degree all of them …
Voivod answers to no trend, and over the past thirty years, they have always looked different on the metal landscape. For a multitude of reasons, the band continues to be most worthy of exploration. Gonzo …
