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[Cover art by Per Spjøtvold] Want a fun way to acknowledge your own mortality? Think about how many years you’ve been listening to certain bands or albums. Of course, you, a distinguished devotee of this publication, surely engage in this practice, …
To put it mildly, I’ve been a bit sidetracked this year, so I apologize to all zero of my readers for not keeping them informed on the state of grindcore as I see it. Thankfully, I have some conscientious compatriots …
[Cover Artwork by Julia Proszowska] Something about the internet that only occurred to me recently is that it’s changed the way we think about death. Like just about everything else, the very notion of death has lost so much of …
[Cover artwork by The Blacksmith] I will freely admit that anonymity when it comes to art largely puzzles me, particularly as it relates to music. Aliased with some sort of elaborate costume? There’s potential there; who doesn’t love a little …
Originally written by Drew Ailes After a slight line-up change, Boston’s The Red Chord have returned with their sophomore release, this time on Metal Blade. I always went back and forth on their first album, Fused Together In …
Originally written by Nin Chan Dear Belial, this is a scorcher of a record. The agenda here, for those of you as yet unacquainted with this veteran band, is blowtorch, bone-crushing unabashedly AMERICAN death metal …
If you’ve been a metal fan at any point during this millennium, chances are good you’ve heard of Porcupine Tree. Chances are equally good that you’ve also heard them, whether you found them on their …
Originally written by Drew Ailes It’s always nice when we get something different than the usual run-of-the-mill gargling death metal, poorly recorded black metal, and the latest Metal Blade signing of the metalcore moment. Not …
After 20+ years in the business, the name Napalm Death has become synonymous with the terms “death metal” and “grindcore”. And why not? They helped pioneer both styles and have been doing it longer than …
Originally written by Nin Chan Wow. WOW. WOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. Sorry, I just needed a moment to wipe the drool off my keyboard. Anybody who knows me knows that Slough Feg (formerly known as The Lord Weird …
Originally written by Ramar Pittance My introduction to Converge came pretty late in my evolution as a metal fan via a former roommate and current friend. There were two albums in his car’s CD changer …
Originally written by Nin Chan This is going to be a hard review for me to write, largely because Converge is a band that has meant very much to me over the past few years. …
