Generally Impressed With Riffs
[Cover art by Quinn Henderson] You’re familiar with the term, “unc,” right? If not, it generally refers to a washed up older feller whose personality in large part revolves around extravagantly performing confusion and/or displeasure at the mere notion of …
[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 …
originally written by Jim Brandon I’m purposely avoiding a long history lesson, and the lineup changes are still in a perpetual state of motion. This is inconsequential to me. What does matter is how Zao …
Originally written by Jeremy Garner There is no doubt in my mind that Anaal Nathrakh is not only the most significant export from the UK since Napalm Death, but also one of the most towering …
Originally written by Jon Eardley Martriden were spawned from the relatively ‘metal quiet’ state we know as Montana, yet the state’s lack of metallic offspring hasn’t stopped the members from taking their years of love …
originally written by Jim Brandon Kylesa’s last album, To Walk A Middle Course, is sitting around here somewhere in my collection, and it still doesn’t really stimulate me very much despite having a few cool …
Originally written by Erik Thomas. God Dethroned’s second album, The Grand Grimoire, has always hovered around my by top 20 death metal albums of all time, but subsequent releases have never reached that level and to be …
There have been enough shakeups in the Dream Evil camp to make fans seriously question their future, particularly how the changes would affect the band’s sound. Gone are drummer Snowy Shaw and guitarist Gus G., …
Originally written by Erik Thomas. Synopsis: Yet another superb addition to Finland’s (and Firebox’s) legacy of rending, emotion laced death death/doom in the vein of Swallow the Sun and Shape of Despair. Review: If you are a fan …
Originally written by Jon Eardley Kreator have long been one of my favorite thrash metal bands going back sixteen-plus years now, so the opportunity to offer up a review of the visual side of this …
