Tag: Noise

Today Is The Day – Pain Is A Warning Review

originally written by Jim Brandon Ever since the 1999 release of In The Eyes Of God, Today Is The Day has chosen a path of relentless battery over the psychotic brain-fuckery of everything up to

Rabbits – Lower Forms Review

Portland’s Rabbits inhabits (zing!) a scuzzy middle ground between sludge metal and noise rock. Lower Forms is never quite distorted enough nor packed with actual riffs to claim the sludge tag, but it’s quite a

OvO – Cor Cordium Review

Quick poll: 1. Do you like being annoyed? 2. Do you constantly find yourself listening to music and thinking, “Ah, man, this is pretty good, but I sure wish this band would knock it off

Drug Honkey – Death Dub Review

Although I’m sure this says much more about my own sensibility than the music itself, I just can’t deny that there’s something immediately appealing about a band called Drug Honkey. It’s kind of like the

Eagle Twin – The Unkindness Of Crows Review

originally written by Jim Brandon We’re hit with death metal ‘til it’s rupturing every orifice, slaughtered by new black metal monthly, and trounced by deathcore at every turn. Yet doom seems to invoke a natural

Psyopus – Odd Senses Review

originally written by Chris McDonald Despite featuring numerous traits that I generally find deplorable in extreme music, something about Psyopus’ off-kilter instrumental prowess and peculiar sense of almost sarcastic self-awareness has held on to my

Nahvalr – Self Titled Review

Originally written by Jordan Campbell So…fuck. Another noise record. A surprising amount of these things have been stumbling in here lately, careening through the corridors and leaving grease stains on the walls.  Nevermind that the

Lords – Fuck All Y’all Motherfuckers Review

Originally written by Doug Moore. Sometimes I wonder how the fuck touring bands do it, and I wonder about bands like Lords in particular. This is a group who rarely headlines, who spends about 1/72 of their