Generally Impressed With Riffs
[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 …
[Cover Artwork by Julia Proszowska] Something about the internet that only occurred to me recently is that it’s changed the way we think about death. Like just about everything else, the very notion of death has lost so much of …
Originally written by Brady Humbert. Marijuana. Sourvein is one of those bands that I root for. Every release gets gradually better and the band’s style morphs, while simultaneously becoming more of their own. Ghetto Angel is the 2nd installment in …
Originally written by Michael Roberts. In the short time I’ve spent with Draconian and their new album, they’ve very quickly won me over. Turning Season Within is nothing less than a sterling example of expertly-written death/doom from this Swedish …
“Marine, what is that button on your body armor?” “A peace symbol, sir!” “What is that you’ve got written on your helmet?” “Born to kill, sir!” “You’ve got ‘born to kill’ written on your helmet …
Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: While the majority of US black metal seems to be steeped in the form of one man despondency, Texas’s Averse Sefira has risen from the gloom and delivered a seething, vitriolic …
Originally written by Sasha Horn Oh, the land of Janvs, where alchemy meets wood and water. For those who wield swords with a conscience. Striking down not human life, but the greenery and growth that …
Originally written by Ian Chainey Here’s a not-so-secret secret: I really don’t like to do follow-ups on bands I’ve previously covered for the sole reason that, nine times out of nine times, they’ll disappoint the …
I absolutely love Swedish death metal; I get all weird inside when I hear that dirty fuzzy guitar tone. Not weird in a creepy way, but weird in a good way, like an intoxicated way. It …
Drone music is a tough pill to swallow for some, and I’d be willing to bet an ear that Dylan Carlson doesn’t exactly spend his evenings soaking in treasure baths from record sales since Earth‘s …
