Reviews and other rambles about the latest releases from Remain Sedate, Creature, Trenches, Ethereal Shroud, Breaths, Papangu, Sugar Horse, and many more.
Category: Sludge Metal
E.P Review | Mizmor (מזמור) | Wit’s End
Perfection followed by something lukewarm.
Album Review | Hooded Menace | The Tritonus Bell
A fresh face; less horror, more groove, all heavy.
#223 | Album Review | Orphan Donor – Unraveled
Making some sense of the emotionally fraught, yet tonally blistering 2021 LP from Orphan Donor.
Album Review | Dagtum | Revered Decadence
A disturbing debut, enjoyable, progressive but not without some reservations.
Stub Reviews: April 2021
A monthly round up of some brief reviews for albums, EPs, and tracks we missed.
#210 | Album Review | Black Sheep Wall – Songs for the Enamel Queen
[Insert self into ocean]
Album Review | The Ruins of Beverast | The Thule Grimoires
A sophisticated yet still characteristically unhinged masterpiece.
2020 Year-End Wrap-Up
Top 2020 album picks from the FCU conttibutors.
#198 | Album Review | Obsidian Kingdom – Meat Machine
A podcast review of the fourth LP, MEAT MACHINE, from the Barcelona-based experimental rock/metal quintet, Obsidian Kingdom.
Album Review | Thou & Emma Ruth Rundle | May Our Chambers Be Full
Momentarily glorious yet underwhelming in entirety.