Tag: Progressive
Memory Driven – Animus Review
Originally written by Rae Amitay There’s definitely a tried-and-true formula to melancholic metal, but Oklahoma’s Memory Driven manages to breathe new life into exhausted melodic concepts. Their last release, Relative Obscurity, was an impressive and …
Hammers Of Misfortune – 17th Street Review
Turbulent times make for desperate and inspired art. Whether it’s the Vietnam War informing Hendrix’s guitar screaming out the national anthem in gestures of agony and bomb blasts, or the dismal economic and political climate …
Giant Squid – Cenotes Review
There are difficult bands to put into words, and then there is Giant Squid. Quite frankly, none of the descriptive qualities of this band adequately paints the picture of what they bring to the table. …
Amebix – Sonic Mass Review
Like a lot of metal fans, my music collection is global as hell, but England’s contribution to my list of favorites is really pretty staggering. Most who know me have gotten relentless earfuls of my …
Dream Theater – A Dramatic Turn of Events Review
When Black Clouds & Silver Linings hit back in 2009, we (meaning Zach Duvall and Lone Watie) reviewed it as a panel of critics / long term fanboys of Dream Theater. We had already spent …
Mastodon – The Hunter Review
KK’s take: If I wanted to be a dick, I could have simply given The Hunter a pass-fail grade on each song, based it on lasting enjoyability, calculated the mean, and given Mastodon somewhere around …
Devin Townsend Project – Ghost Review
Jordan Campbell’s take: As we reach the final entry in the Devin Townsend Project series, it’s become clear that Devin’s entire work can be broken down into (roughly) four categories: unhinged metal, song-based heavy-pop, sprawling …
Opeth – Heritage Review
Originally written by Rae Amitay It baffles me that purist types beg for vinyl this and analog that, but when a reputable and well-loved band releases a throwback album, many of those aforementioned people pitch …