Tag: Punk
Hot Graves – Desecration Time Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Desecration Time is a three-track 7″ (…or digital download, which, in this case, seems a like a more frugal investment for the curious) from fuschia-loving genre-whores Hot Graves. This Floridian …
Unkind – Harhakuvat Review
Finland’s Unkind makes their Stateside debut with their fifth record, Harhakuvat, released on Relapse. Akin to crusty d-beat acts Tragedy and Wolfbrigade, with a more than hefty dash of Neurosis, Unkind shines when channeling the first …
Gallhammer – The End Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Just a couple of years ago, the Gallhammer girls were plastered across the pages of the major glossies, preening through their eyeliner cake andAmebix cutoffs, satiating the juvenile urges of every laidless, geeky …
Book Of Black Earth – The Cold Testament Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas Since they’re both signed to Prosthetic Records, I always sort of considered Withered and Book of Black Earth closely related, sister acts. Both initially played a sort of blackened death …
Voivod – Warriors Of Ice Review
Originally written by Sasha Horn With a setlist made up of primarily pre-90s Voivod, it’s hard not to get sentimental. So it’s off to the elementary school daze for a momentary lapse… Summer vacation 1988, Chicago, 90º …
Summon The Crows – One More For The Gallows Review
Norway’s Summon The Crows is another band crossing the streams of metal and hardcore — less filthy and black than Dishammer and less grind than Trap Them, Summon The Crows prefers their punk with a …
Acephalix – Interminable Night Review
The winkingly-named Acephalix careens through twenty-five minutes of their grimy, doomed take on death/crust in Interminable Night, which is sure to elicit the Folded Arms & Half Nod Of Approval from grizzled lifers the metal …
Dishammer – Vintage Addiction (Reissue) Review
Originally written by Erik Thomas It takes balls to name your band Dishammer, but when you pull off a Discharge / Hellhammer combo of crusty, primal blackened punk noise this convincingly, you go right ahead. …