Tag: Mathcore
Car Bomb – Tiles Whisper Dreams Review
[Cover art by Greg Kubacki] Sometimes, one of the greatest hooks a band can have is simply how they sound. Look to a group like Meshuggah, whose thick, hefty and elastic guitar is often copied …
Koningsor – Death Process Review
[Cover art by Dieter Geisler] In the world of metal, math has nothing to do with formulas and variables but rather a distinct approach to writing that involves wonky time signatures, polyrhythms, incredibly tight playing …
Missing Pieces: The Best Of What We Missed In 2021 So Far, Volume 1
A long time ago in this very same galaxy, Last Rites was a website named MetalReview, and for several of MetalReview’s early years, the policy was to review everything that was sent our way. Like …
Car Bomb – Mordial Review
Pew-pew-pew-pew-pew!! Zz-zz-zz-aaaap! Look out losers, the lasers shooting out of “Dissect Yourself” are here to embarrass Rings of Saturn and make Gigan take themselves less seriously. TL;DR: Car Bomb are fucking back, and it’s exactly …
Pound ‒ •• Review
The new record by Seattle’s Pound, the title of which is just two dots, is absolutely bonkers. Bonkers. The most convenient way to describe it would be as an instrumental hybrid of Meshuggah and The …
Ion Dissonance – Cursed Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas So after the divisive Minus the Herd that saw Canada’s Ion Dissonance forsake their oppressively heavy, chaotic strains of Breathing is Irrelevant and Solace in favor of a more controlled (though …
The Crinn – Dreaming Saturn Review
Originally written by Ian Chainey What a pain in the dick this review has been. By the time this hits your eyes, Dreaming Saturn will have been out for, shit, months? A hundred terrible albums …