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 …
Originally written by Jordan Campbell In the midst of a hefeweizen-induced haze, and stumbling through the litany of promos that currently clog the Metal Review queue, I thought I’d uncovered a gem. “Fucken hell!,” I exclaimed, foggy …
Originally written by Ramar Pittance In the minds of most Americans, the cultural phenomena of professional basketball and hip-hop have always been well-suited bedfellows. Superficially, it makes sense, as they share a similar external aesthetic …
Originally written by Michael Roberts. As a fan of All That Remains’ previous two albums I’m sad to report that Overcome is a bit of a letdown. Both This Darkened Heart and The Fall of Ideals were strong efforts that tastefully combined …
originally written by Chris McDonald I seriously thought that after hearing Mindly Rotten and Dripping that I had experienced the weirdest stuff that ultra-brootal death metal had to offer. Turns out I was wrong. The …
When the boss was looking for someone to review the new Slipknot album, even several weeks past the release date, I was the only person who volunteered. This just goes to show you that I’m a …
Ironsword hails from Portugal, and this is their third full-length release of epic METAL. (Ironsword is too METAL for lower-case letters.) Manilla Road comparisons abound, and they’re more than justified, as Ironsword evokes the METAL …
I travel for a living, and as I was listening to this record, planning my angle of approach to this very review, I found myself on the road again, this time traveling through a particularly …
It seems it was only weeks ago that I read Erik Thomas’s review of The Dead’s self titled debut. As it turns out, it was only weeks ago. Obsidian Records was apparently a year or …
