Following in the footsteps of giants.
Author: Tim Harbour
Album Review | Tool | Fear Inoculum
Tool seems less interested in “pushing the envelope” and more concerned with creating a musical journey.
Album Review | Dö | Astral Death Cult
Welcome to dying.
Album Review | Falls of Rauros | Patterns in Mythology
Patterns in Mythology outlines grand dips and swells, the balance always shifting between light and dark; a maelstrom of dissonance and harmony.
Album Review | Fleshgod Apocalypse | Veleno
What starts off sounding unique ends up melding into a memory of every melodic death metal album I’ve ever heard.
Album Review | GRYLLE | Les Grandes Compagnies
What sets Les Grandes Compagnies apart is its timbre. The sonic quality of the music, its overall texture, is so much more welcoming than the slicing distortion and overpowering drums (and sometimes terrible mixing) that are generally indicative of a traditional black metal album.
Album Review | Advent Varic | Tumulus Part I & II
Advent Varic is the soundscape to catastrophe; gloom, an ever-present and sobering effect.
Album Review | Murg | Strävan
The murky and washy texture of the music, the clean interludes, and the dismal tropospheric layering of blast beats and vocals competing for the title of the least clear sound in the mix lend to this positive and generally empowering aura Strävan exudes.
Album Review | IDLE HANDS | Mana
When I first watched a video of Idle Hands that was recommended me on Youtube my first impressions were average. The video looked pretty cheesy
Album Review | Ruff Majik | Tårn
Tårn delivers on so many fronts: it’s groovy, it’s heavy, and it’s catchy, a winning combo. Though Ruff Majik has never been as heavy as to be labeled a doom metal act, with each album they grow darker and more brooding and their sound here is a far cry from the stoner rock sounds heard on their debut, The Bear.
Album Review | LATITUDES | Part Island
Where some music reflects on loss, Part Island embodies it and causes nostalgia to well up in your throat