Generally Impressed With Riffs
Kia ora, crüe. I recommend gathering a few provisions before starting this month’s edition of ICWT. I’ve gone long-form (real long), and I’d strongly advise you to stock up on food and water if you hope to make it through. …
If I were the kind of person who felt the need to justify what I write about on this particular website to some imaginary naysaying ombudsman, then covering the second album from Edmonton, Alberta’s Home Front might have me sweating …
[cover artwork by the inimitable Dan Seagrave] Hello(ween) all, and a very hellish Halloween to you! Be that this is the designated day of all things dead and frightful, shall we explore something squishy, a bit cadaverous? I swear I’m …
[Cover art by Aghy R Purakusuma] If you’re reading this on the day it’s published, then it’s the middle of the week. Despite how popular that one Geico commercial was with the camel, real life people know hump day can …
Originally written by Erik Thomas The complete lack of originality in Nuclear Blast’s recent offerings Imperanon, Extomorf and this stuns me. Thick with high production values and a heavy coat of new car smell, these …
Originally written by Drew Ailes Today is the Day. You’re either rabidly in love with them or you find them unlistenable. I remember the first time I heard them I couldn’t believe how anyone could …
When the great musical historians of the future turn their jaundiced eyes toward the third millennium in search of those artists who forged ideas and built dynasties of musical progression, certain names will stand above …
Originally written by Tim Pigeon I applaud bands that have the ambition to try new things, ones that take fragments from styles all over the metal map, and then merge them together in the hopes …
Originally written by Tim Pigeon Every so often it’s nice to hear a death metal band play death metal. No frills necessary, just by-the-book death metal. Germany’s Fleshcrawl are such a band. Apparently they’ve been …
Originally written by Alex de Moller. Death Angel have always been a little bit too… cute for my liking. Put it this way – if Sammy Hagar was into thrash, then this would be his band. The guitars are razor, …
Originally written by Ian Dreilinger. Oh, Borknagar, what changes hast thou seen? From the self-titled debut to this new offering, Epic, it’s as though you’re listening to an entirely new band. With only one original member to …
Originally written by Erik Thomas I’ve been curiously entertained by some US black metal of late, as Forest of Impaled, Fall of the Bastards and Veneficum have delivered some material worthy of their European counterparts …
