Generally Impressed With Riffs
[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 …
[Cover artwork by Subhuman at Desert Dungeon] Let’s talk about our love for quirky metal. Okay, sure, any definable level of ‘quirk’ is obviously subjective, but I’m guessing you know we’re not talking about the guy who loves The Black …
[Cover art by Mister Curse] Stack Overflow In Corpse Pile Interface. Stack Overflow in…Corpse Pile Interface? “What’s in a name? That which we call a corpse pile, by any other word would smell as putrid” – billy shakes Forgive my …
originally written by Erik Thomas If you took 3-4 tracks from each of the last two Keep of Kalessin albums (Armada and Kolossus) you’d have arguably one of the most epic black metal albums of all-time. About half of …
originally written by Jim Brandon Cover albums usually rank about as high as Carnie Wilson’s stomach staples on my interest meter, but even I was intrigued when I learned Steve Von Till’s Harvestman, North Carolina’s …
originally written by Jim Brandon Although I may be in the minority, I think jinxes and curses are a bunch of nonsense, but damn if it didn’t seem like Nevermore was just doomed to fail for a …
I’m late getting to my review of Borknagar’s Universal due to life and other such nonsense, which puts me squarely behind the great tide of thought on the record. My place knee-deep in the wash …
[RapidFire]Dagor Dagorath’s symphonic black metal is dealt with manifold force that belies their count of a mere three members. Their debut LP, Yetzer Ha’Ra, benefits greatly from production that obtains a monolithic wall of sound …
Originally written by Sasha Horn Brain Drill is the pulled-pork sandwich of death metal. So from the first bite of Quantum Catastrophe, until the last which I’ve thrown up in my mouth a little, every attempt …
With oil spilling all over the place, high unemployment, useless wars and politicians being bought out by the very people who continue to cause all of these awful disasters, there certainly hasn’t been a shortage …
originally written by Chris McDonald Impetigo’s role in metal history is a strange, obscure, yet undeniably important one. I can’t think of many other bands who have wielded such an inspirational force from behind a …
