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 Are bands really still playing this style of death metal? Are fans still listening to it? With 2 members of Incantation (Kyle Severn and John McEntree), and the wife of …
Formed in the mid-90s, Grip Inc. had all the right tools to become a major player – namely acclaimed producer Waldemar Sorychta on guitars, Gus Chambers on vocals, and the one and only Dave Lombardo …
Originally written by Drew Ailes What the fuck happened here? Last I knew, Susperia was just a melodic death/black metal band featuring Dimmu Borgir’s old drummer, Tjodalv, and former Old Man’s Child member, Memnock. It seems now they’ve actually transformed …
Originally written by Alex de Moller. Dismember were never paid to make music. They were paid to make people FIGHT. So get out your knuckledusters you maggots and get ready for some good, friendly violent fun: Because Dismember have torn into …
Originally written by Dan Staige. Are you a happy-go-lucky type person? Do you like whistling melodies on the way to work and back? If you are, look no further than Swedish “melo-death”. Also, look somewhere …
Originally written by Drew Ailes Well, here it is. The day in which my belief that metalcore could possibly be taken seriously by metalheads everywhere. It’s finally here. I almost want to apologize to the …
Originally written by Alex de Moller. Who’d of thought you could admire someone so much for never giving a fuck. Sodom have had a difficult 20 year career… they’ve been fucked by record companies, beaten to death …
Originally written by Erik Thomas I never did get around to hearing the debut The Infinite, so I was expectant to hear an album that has guest appearances by members of Arcturus, Testament, Dragonlord, Borknagar …
