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 Jason Jordan. We have a lot to cover, so I’ll just get started. Cradle of Filth, on the whole, are both decent and divisive. I myself have heard their entire discography, and I …
Originally written by Ramar Pittance Synopsis: Another album of compelling death influenced black metal from Akercocke that ultimately rewards listeners willing to deal with its somewhat erratic pacing… Review: Is this a concept album? I …
originally written by ZD Smith By some chance it seems that I’ve become the go-to guy for drone-doom and sludge metal. And I suppose that’s ok; this sort of style, lying as it does on …
Originally written by Chris Chellis. A lot of comparisons have been thrown at this group haphazardly, most extremely loosely based in truth, from AC/DC to Motorhead, but what Bible of the Devil can be compared to best is an amalgamation …
Synopsis Multi-tempo Black Metal with some killer Death riffing thrown in; long songs… Recommended… Review When I see that I am getting into a CD full of long songs, like 8+ minutes long, I look …
Originally written by Chris Chellis. Now here’s a power metal album I can sink my teeth into without worrying about any hidden aluminum foil. Take the name of the album with a grain of salt, …
Originally written by Jeremy Garner Pleasure and Pain is the follow-up to the 2004 release Nightbreed of Macabria. I never got a chance to hear that album, but to be honest, I’m glad I didn’t. However, …
You, dear reader, owe me. I took this bullet for you. I jumped on this grenade. Crucified myself on this Golgothan cross of shitty, fuckshittyfuckfuck “music”. Listening to this was like being whipped to bleeding …
