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 …
Returning Brazilian thrashers Vulcano originally released this one back in 2004, their first release in nearly fifteen years at the time. (Since then, they’ve also unleashed a split with Nifelheim.) Back then, Tales was released on …
Originally written by Erik Thomas One of the more less ballyhooed reunions or comebacks of late, Sweden’sSéance return a full 16 years after their seminal Saltrubbed Eyes, though members did stay busy with Witchery during the absence and it …
It is at the risk of repeating myself that I state the following: if you had told me nine years ago that I would be here about to write a new Lamb of God album …
Originally written by Sasha Horn We’ve played this game before, Mal and I, but with a different album title. In 2007, their debut, Entities, took on “deathcore” while clutching every single cliche in the book …
originally written by Chris McDonald Despite featuring numerous traits that I generally find deplorable in extreme music, something about Psyopus’ off-kilter instrumental prowess and peculiar sense of almost sarcastic self-awareness has held on to my …
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Pantheist’s Journey Through Lands Unknown is a tough album to dissect; there are way too many things going on here, and they range from the outright awful to surprisingly promising. Unfortunately for …
Originally written by Michael Roberts. I was quite impressed with this young UK outfit’s last album Ruin and eager to hear how they would follow it up. That sophomore effort was a solid piece of abrasive metalcore …
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Two things need to be stated outright before diving into this tasty little four-tracker: 1) Nothnegal hail from the Republic of Maldives, Asia’s smallest country. Surely, this information will be forcefully rammed …
