Tag: Rock

Labyrinthine Heirs – Labyrinthine Heirs Review

When a band’s influences are on the stranger side, can that band still claim to be strange, or are they just pulling from the weirdos that came before? Well, in the case of the Texas

Drugs Of Faith – Asymmetrical Review

Helmed by DC grind stalwart Richard Johnson (Enemy Soil, Agoraphobic Nosebleed), Drugs Of Faith has steadily cranked out some fun and ugly noise for over two decades now. Self-described as “grind ‘n’ roll,” this trio

Fuego Eterno – Trance Tras El Velo Del Inconsciente Review

When I stumbled across Fuego Eterno’s debut album, I likened it to a Spanish-speaking Deceased on a heavy diet of marijuana, mushrooms, and perhaps a few nights in a peyote lodge. El Arte De Lo Oculto found

Opeth – The Last Will And Testament Review

[Cover art by Travis Smith] Hoooooooooboy, folks, look what we’ve got here. It’s gonna be hard to think of a metal album in 2024 that will elicit as many opinions as will The Last Will

Grendel’s Sÿster – Katabasis Into The Abaton Review

Would we even have heavy metal today if it weren’t for folk music? Let’s just go with a hearty “NO, BY HELL, WE WOULD NOT,” considering that our genre’s golden architect—Black Sabbath—was certainly influenced by

Malconfort – Humanism Review

fore, perfect in its role. If you look closely, the German word Sprache (language or speech) is written across a closed eyelid. Is this abstruse symbolism? Is it vapid provocation? Who cares? This guy here

New Model Army – Unbroken Review

[As is customary, artwork by the indomitable Joolz Denby] Here is a random drawing of a dusty (possibly deranged) individual roaming the hills of New Mexico and enjoying some New Model Army. True: It is

Best Of 2023: Andrew Edmunds – I Used To Be Indecisive, But Now I’m Not Sure

So the stupid title that I gave this thing is both a terrible dad joke and a sad truth, in the sense of that, whenever I’m compelled to make these year-end lists (which seems to