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 …
Three years ago, I risked my entire welfare on this album, or at least, the promise of it. That was when I took a job with Necropolis Records. I had two primary objectives in mind: …
“Flash…AAA-AAAHHHH, he’ll save every one of us.” Yep, first thing through my head was the song that deconstructed all of Queen’s fantastic work through the seventies and heralded their decline into an anachronistic shambling bathhouse …
Originally written by Chris Chellis. If collaborating with a pop producer resulted in anything, it was a greater attention to catchy choruses. Monday Morning Apocalypse is so full of catchy choruses that I can’t help but proclaim …
Originally written by Chris Chellis. Unfamiliar with this doom outfit, I could only assume through its lineup that what was to follow consisted of music of the highest quality, and what I found on The Black …
I was sort of hoping, maybe beyond hope, that I was reviewing an actual 3 cd – 3 being the Dischord band I was very into circa 1990 or so. I loved that band…shit I …
Originally written by Erik Thomas Synopsis: I hope you have a coupon to shop at Assholes “R” Us, because after listening to Identisick, you are going to need a new one… Review: While most of you …
Originally written by Jeremy Garner Aborym are back with a new album and I dare even say I haven’t run across a fan of modern black metal who doesn’t hold a strong reverence for Fire …
Originally written by Chris Chellis. Tobias Sammet’s instantly recognizable voice electrifies “Sacrifice” and we’re indeed already on Edguy’s Rocket Ride. There’s no questioning Sammet’s decision to focus all his efforts on singing beginning in the late 90s. …
