Tag: Progressive
A Devil’s Dozen – Coroner
After many moons sitting upon the desk of editor Zach Duvall, it’s time to tell the local coroner to bust a U-turn—this installment of the Devil’s Dozen is, in fact, alive and well. While comatose …
Floating – Hesitating Lights Review
Swedish duo Floating is the type of band that really makes you think a lot about viiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiibes, man. Yes, their performances are stout, and yes, they write very strong songs (we’ll get to both of …
Phantom Spell – Heather & Hearth Review
[Album artwork by Jean deMers] There are times when I’m enjoying a spin of the LP version of the Phantom Spell debut, 2022’s Immortal Requiem, where I notice the CD version of Seven Sister’s Shadow …
Sit In The Chair, Human: A Ningen Isu Primer
Ningen Isu (人間椅子; The Human Chair) might just be the most prolific band you’ve never heard of, or if you have heard of them, probably the most prolific band with whom you haven’t done a …
Programmed To Appease You – Destroy Erase Improve At 30
It might be hard to believe at this point, considering the band’s gargantuan stature in the music industry, but Meshuggah had rather humble beginnings. Take their 1989 self-titled debut EP, for example. It had much …
Flummox – Southern Progress Review
This is not – I repeat, not – a syllabus for a correspondence course entitled “So You’d Like To Join the Circus: Carnival Metal In Its Historical Context.” To be honest, if you landed on …
Ancient Death – Ego Dissolution Review
[Cover art by Maegan LeMay] Now one certainly doesn’t need any special context to understand the appeal of Ego Dissolution, Walpole, Massachusetts-based Ancient Death’s debut LP after an EP and a split. If you’ll go …
Panthalassan – From The Shallows Of The Mantle Review
[Front cover artwork by Nightjar Illustration / Adam Burke] Confession right from the jump: I am hypercritical about one-person metal acts. I do not, however, consider myself a complete ramrod about the designation as a …