Generally Impressed With Riffs
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 …
[Cover art by Per Spjøtvold] Want a fun way to acknowledge your own mortality? Think about how many years you’ve been listening to certain bands or albums. Of course, you, a distinguished devotee of this publication, surely engage in this practice, …
To put it mildly, I’ve been a bit sidetracked this year, so I apologize to all zero of my readers for not keeping them informed on the state of grindcore as I see it. Thankfully, I have some conscientious compatriots …
Not long ago I found myself in the gorgeous Outer Banks region of North Carolina, a trip that rejuvenated my unending love affair with Mother Ocean. It was mid-September, but summer lived on, and the …
Despite that they share a name with a character from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Fargo’s Gorgatron doesn’t seem to embrace the same silly humor. As near as I can tell on the humor front, Torturetorium …
originally written by Jim Brandon It didn’t take much for former and current Katatonia members Fredrik Norrman and Jonas Renkse to capture a fair share of attention back in 1997 when they released the very …
Originally written by Doug Moore. Sometimes it’s good when things go badly. Unearthly Trance has been plugging away for ten years. This Brooklyn doom outfit has gigged incessantly and put out four full-length albums, along with …
Ah, the time-honored tradition of mimicry. Countless bands forge a decent career despite much of their sound being a carbon copy of former heroes. Pencil in Allegaeon as a possible addition to this list. Their …
originally written by Erik Thomas Reviewing an album featuring a Last Rites team member is always a little awkward, and while I felt a little bad about my review of These Are They’s debut, Who Linger, drummer Sasha Horn …
Slavemason’s debut LP seems to have all the elements necessary to a successful progressive heavy metal record. It’s formed from a prog-metal mold mostly akin to early Queensrÿche and Helloween, with maybe a bit of …
Originally written by Jordan Campbell In the context of Fear Factory, Burton C. Bell’s vocals are borderline legendary. Regardless of the band’s spotty catalog, it’s hard to argue against the chemistry his vocals generate; his trade-offs …
