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 …
Originally written by Matt Longo Associate something with sex and it will stay with you forever. My first exposure to OM was via Pilgrimage back in 2007, and I must say that everything combined — …
Though there are exceptions, by and large, the old-school death metal revival of the past half-decade or so has been primarily divided into two camps: those bands attempting to revive the spirit of Sunlight Studios, …
Afgrund’s straightforward Scandinavian death-infected grindcore offers little in the way of stylistic diversion from the path laid forth by the likes of Nasum and Rotten Sound, but it more than compensates for its second-wave nature …
Virginian quartet Corsair has consistently knocked our proverbial socks off — through two EPs and a full-length, this band has never garnered anything less than a stellar review here, never anything less than an 8, …
originally written by Juho Mikkonen In short, Monnos is exactly the kind of album over which a sizable portion of the Roadburn market blows their load. It’s completely devoid of lead guitar. Its best riffs …
Originally written by Ramar Pittance Alaric is a four-piece death rock / post-punk outfit from California’s Bay Area that won over critics — including me — with their self-titled debut in October. That album not only …
As metal fans, I think we are all, to some extent, treasure hunters; we love to discover new music. After all, finding new metal to listen to is most likely the reason you come to …
There are six guys in this band? Five to play, and one to apparently stand vigilant watch to make sure no one dozes off and takes a header into an amp cabinet. This entire record …
