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 …
Seems as though you can’t take three steps these days without hearing or reading about the prevailing topic of ‘women in metal.’ Sure, they’ve always been in the overall picture — albeit outnumbered — but …
There’s a never-ending argument, revisited ad nauseum, about the nature of originality and quality, specifically about whether a lack of originality automatically begets a lack of quality. If you’re of the narrow mindset that music …
There’s nothing like mining the deepest parts of the “Lord of the Rings” universe to come up with a band name. You never know what one will come up with or even how apt the …
After two great EPs that fully displayed their wide skill set, Virginia rockers Corsair have finally found the time to record a proper full-length, and it delivers on its forebearers in ways both predictable and …
Originally written by Ian Chainey You’ve no doubt read the old cliché critics like to trot out to assuage a potential hatchet job: “…but, they’re probably really nice guys.” Sometimes, it’s just a shuck and …
Originally written by Ramar Pittance There are two totally valid arguments to be made about Portal of I, the ambitious full length debut from Australia’s Ne Obliviscaris. There’s the one that I am pre-disposed to make. That …
There’s one of those memes going around that relates to awkward situations. It starts “That moment when . . . “ and is followed by something potentially embarrassing. After repeated listens, it somehow felt apropos …
It has often been remarked that technical death metal functions according to the law of diminishing returns. The first arpeggiated sweep? Awesome. The second? Pretty okay. But arpeggiated sweeps three through n? A bit like …
