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 Jeremy Garner Well damn, it seems Poland has done it again. Not one to rest on their laurels for long, Hate are back on the Polish scene after 2003’s release Awakening of …
Originally written by Patrick Dawson For the uninitiated, the cult status of 2001’s Lord of Storms cemented this band as American death metal heavy hitters; it also raised the bar of expectation considerably for their …
Synopsis: Zero bullshit Black Thrash, well performed and produced… Review: This is a breath of fresh air. Well, the putrid stench of decadence is probably more accurate, but after some of the garbage wafting its way …
Originally written by Ramar Pittance A thunderous and intrepid mixture of modern extreme metal styles. It’s overlong in some points and underwritten in others, but there’s brilliance here as well. For fans of Strapping Young Lad, Messhugah, Darkane, …
Originally written by Tim Pigeon As you can read on the Green Carnation interview posted here, Tchort and Co. decided to write and release an all-acoustic album in commemoration of 15 years in business. In that 15 …
After being impressed by 2000’s Genesis, I’ve been on the lookout for the new effort from Chile’s Coprofago. And I am not a patient man. After a lengthy recording hiatus, the band returned last year with Unorthodox Creative …
Originally written by Chris Chellis. Of this debut album, Scott Reeder, it’s sole artisan, had the following to say: “For me, this is as pure as it gets — not a single other person was ever …
The fact that the The Bronx Casket Co. would be releasing a new album took me a bit by surprise. After not heaving heard from them since 2001’s Sweet Home Transylvania, I kind of figured that, …
