Generally Impressed With Riffs
[Artwork by Caroline Harrison] “Nonsense” opens with a slow fade-in of distorted guitars and seismic drums — the chaos before the swarm. It’s a trick of the trade, the extreme metal equivalent of a camera operator calling out “speed” before …
[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 …
originally written by Thomas Creager Where does one begin about a band such as Deadbird? It’s almost wrong to judge them. The huge rolling riffs, the enveloping melancholic atmosphere, and infectious yells seem to create …
Originally written by Sasha Horn I’ll be the landlord here and ask you to turn your music down. And I’m as reckless as a person should be, really. I’m all about nostalgia, long nights of …
With a name like Cannabis Corpse, a couple of things are certain right off the bat: 1. They have some level of admiration for Cannibal Corpse. 2. They love the weed. Beyond that, I didn’t …
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Well, shit. I don’t know about you, but nothing –and I mean nothing— gets me straight stoked to hear a one-man, amateur death/grind album than a 64-second intro that consists of nothing but …
Originally written by Chris Chellis. To say that I was not expecting what I heard on An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood would be the kind of understatement that takes on a life of its own, walking slyly …
originally written by Chris McDonald *sigh* Alright, here we go… The Unspoken King has gotten an almost unprecedented amount of pre-release backlash and ridicule. Months even before its arrival on store shelves, fans everywhere have …
Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: After the god-awful ‘comeback’ album, Hell’s Unleashed, Unleashed righted things with the solid Sworn Allegiance and even more solid Midvinterblot and now have three solid albums in a row with Hammer Battalion. Review: There’s not much to Hammer …
Eleven songs. Twelve minutes. Two roommates who wish I’d turn this shit down. Former Discordance Axis frontman Jon Chang is back with Gridlink, a grindcore unit that, like his usually underrated earlier band, kicks all …
