Generally Impressed With Riffs
To start, let’s acknowledge that you and I don’t really know each other. This means, among other things, that I can’t say what “war metal” means to you. To some extent, maybe you just throw your hands in the air …
Kia ora, compadres. Welcome to the latest edition of In Crust We Trust. Below you’ll find a bunch of ear-wrecking noise to help you process and/or drown out the 24/7 horror show currently occupying our screens. Wherever you are, and …
Cryptworm’s third LP, Infectious Pathological Waste, quite charmingly arrives at the perfect time for yours truly; the deeper, choppier musical waters I’ve been swimming in the past few weeks have made for an often rewarding but exhaustingly challenging adventure. Conversely, …
[Album artwork by Aaron Turner] Neurosis’s willingness to push past the boundaries of metallic hardcore early in their career has influenced scores of bands across a wide range of subgenres. Hardcore, metal, and untold strains of avant-garde and experimental music …
Originally written by Erik Thomas Ok, I’ll keep this short and sweet without boring you, the (I’m assuming) well versed listener with the legacy of Carcass. Lets just say they are arguably one of the …
Originally written by Erik Thomas Do we really need another Jungle Rot album? Is anyone still clamoring over their last two efforts, Slaughter the Weak or Dead and Buried? I doubt it. But essentially the …
Originally written by Erik Thomas I hit ‘play’ on my CD player and my headphones engulf my sense of hearing. As I lay in the hazy area between deep sleep and conscious awareness, my mind …
Originally written by Tim Pigeon Unearth: Metalcore saviors? Johnny-come-latelys? Overrated? However you feel about them, one thing is certain – the buzz about them is unavoidable. Especially after coming damn close to cracking the Billboard …
Originally written by Erik Thomas So I get this album from this German band, and I’ve heard the name, and I’m expecting some face blasting grindcore insanity. Nein. Instead I get some extraordinarily mid paced …
Ryan Plunkett’s take: Some albums you come across, you cannot just simply pop them in and listen to a track or two. The Imaginary Direction of Time, the latest offering from progressive Norwegian metalers Winds, …
Originally written by Ian Dreilinger. Meshuggah probably needs no introduction. They’ve even become fairly well known to a much broader audience than one might expect for their style of technical thrashy metal. Despite the fact that …
Originally written by Ryan Plunkett If Morbid Angel and Carcass made a baby that became interested in symphonic black metal, I think it would sound something like Golem. Golem arrives releasing their latest album, Dreamweaver. …
