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 …
So, do you like death metal? Further, do you like the jazz tinged technical style of death metal inspired by Atheist et al? Do you like your death metal on the groovier and slower side? …
Originally written by Jeremy Garner Is that a friggin six-armed cow brandishing various culinary tools? Why yes, I do believe it is, and I do believe it’s pissed. Well, all in all I guess it’s …
Originally written by Jeremy Garner I’ll spare you, dear reader, with the majority of the history lesson concerning Keep of Kalessin… but we’ll let it suffice to say that the past and present involvement of …
Originally written by Jason Jordan. George W. Bush will not be remembered by his triumphs, defeats, or frequent linguistic blunders, but by the album covers he’s appeared on: Megadeth’s The System Has Failed, Ministry’s Rio Grande Blood, and enough …
When I rolled this set on my magic DnD 20 sided review die of regret and despair I was terrified. I am one of the few who thought Paul DiAnno was a far better vocalist …
Although it seemed foolish to bet against them, at the same time, it also felt perhaps unreasonably optimistic to believe that Hammers of Misfortune could maintain their elite, jaw dropping form for yet a third album. You …
What can you say about a band like Saxon, critically? Especially in reference to a live album? What are the odds a band that has been in business for nearly three decades is going to fuck …
Hard to fault a band for playing straight forward death metal, especially with all the pretentious bullshit dripping from the walls of metal these days. And harder still to find fault with a band that …
