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 …
Generally speaking, in the overall scheme of things, live albums are little more than stop-gap releases. In some instances, I’ll concede that they’re a grand example of a band’s power (see: Made In Japan, Live …
Originally written by Ross Main. “Attention Ladies and Gentleman, please bear witness to this phenomenal all natural mixture. Good for man or beast. A cure to what ails you. Never before have so many ingredients …
This is a special dual review. The entire review is a collaborative effort between Lone Watie and Zach Duvall. Their record sales won’t show it, but Dream Theater is a band in crisis. Before they …
Originally written by Erik Thomas With 2007’s The Novella Reservoir, doom/death stalwarts Novembers Doombranched away from their more mournful, gothic tinged death/doom stylings and delivered a sterner, more direct death metal album. That development has continued with …
I’ve long held Brutal Truth as the second most important grindcore unit of all time, just a hair’s breadth behind the innovators, gods and masters in Napalm Death. After Napalm, Brutal Truth is the next band …
I love Aerosmith. I think Toys in the Attic and Rocks are among the most balls-rockin’ long players to ever be laid to tape. But there is a certain title given to the Bad Boys from Boston …
originally written by Jim Brandon So, you like it heavy, huh? Heavy enough to make it hard to breathe, or just smashed into a patty of bone, sinew, and offal? I’d make the strong suggestion …
Originally written by Jordan Campbell “The Scariest Band on the Planet Returns,” screams the Anaal Nathrakh promotional banner that has been sporadically haunting the pages of Metal Review. With all due respect to the marketing genius at Candlelight …
