Album Review | Intercourse | Bum Wine
The latest Intercourse EP personifies the bleak desperation at the bottom of every bottle, making “outlook not so good” the understatement of the century.
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 and low budget, the music seemed dramatic and fairly simple but for some reason I was intrigued enough to check out the EP, Don’t Waste
Album Review | Helms Alee | Noctiluca
Helms Alee find their groove in aggression on their latest full-length.
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
Album Review | Malignant Altar | Retribution of Jealous Gods
Malignant Altar breathe unholy life into the exhumed corpse of OSDM with their debut demo.
Track Premier | Apostle’s “Taketh”
A glimpse into the new LP, Sufferer, from Georgia-based chaotic hardcore trio, Apostle.
Album Review | Venom Prison | Samsara
Death metal with thrash, slam, and hardcore influences, Samsara harbors an affinity for progressive writing that is both technical while also being engaging.
Artist Profile | Ryosuke Kiyasu
Abstract expression? Innovative art? Or absolute shit? Drummer Ryosuke Kiyasu’s experimental live performances are pushing the very concept of percussion beyond definition.
EP Review | Panopticon | The Crescendo of Dusk
We reach a lull as the abrasive yet alluring wall of sound is broken by swirling keyboards and reverb-drenched guitar. This respite is accompanied by visions of lush, green, cold forests that seems to pass by as if in some sort of fevered dream.
Album Review | Magic Circle | Departed Souls
Magic Circle invoke the gods of doom metal on their latest release.
Album Review | Frozen Soul | Encased in Ice
Brutal, crushing death metal, riffs that you can’t help nodding your head to… Though Frozen Soul might not be redefining the death metal genre, they definitely know how to do it right.
Album Review | Violet Cold | kOsmik
The saying goes: “In his house in R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.” After listening to “kOsmik,” I’m pretty sure Cthulhu’s writing vicious atmospheric metal.
Album Review | Pissgrave | Posthumous Humiliation
This sense of being pounded with a brick in your face does not end until you either put off the album or manage to make it to the final track.