Generally Impressed With Riffs
[Artwork by Vicky “Liddo” Morales] In a soak-your-underwear sweaty, tetanus-to-the-touch warehouse in the middle of Skid Row, Raw Addict played its first show. Weeks earlier, drummer Isaac made the irresistible sales pitch, stating that the multinational band connecting grind lifers …
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 …
Halo Of Flies originally released this 12” EP from Milwaukee’s Protestant back in September, but that limited run of less than 600 is sold out now, so they’re bringing Reclamation back around once more, and …
Greek duo Satan’s Wrath, featuring former Electric Wizard bassist Tas Danazoglou on vocals, drums and bass and guitarist Stamos K, has issued one of the most aptly named debuts in recent memory. Galloping Blasphemy is …
After several years of quarrels, court disputes, and confusion over when the album would see the light of day, Gaahl and King ov Hell’s post-Gorgoroth vision has finally arrived; and boy oh boy is it …
In a cursory, very informal, and half-drunken study of all the adjectives I usually toss around in regards to death metal bands, I noticed that most of those descriptors, while absolutely meant to be positive …
Sacred Guardian’s debut album is a case study in the importance of managing listener expectations. Take a minute, if you will, and examine that cover art. Warrior standing atop a crumbling castle wall? Check. Fierce-looking …
Originally written by Rae Amitay Incantation is a band whose name has been recognized for twenty years, but the strength of that name has been challenged by a smattering of lukewarm output and an ever-changing …
Despite being a relative enthusiast when it comes to all things epic in the doom department, I did not give Denmark’s Altar of Oblivion any attention when they released their debut Sinews of Anguish back …
In 1984, North Carolina’s Corrosion Of Conformity was a three-year-old band with a long way to go. There was still a whole half-decade before Peeper Keenan would come along, his arrival coinciding with the shift …
