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black metal \ Colosus \ Kaotoxin Records \ or rather real black metal \ true black metal
Colosus – Blestem
True black metal. How many times have you heard that one? True black metal from Norway. True black metal from France. True black metal from Chicago. True black metal from Harrisonburg, PA. But when has it really been ‘true’ and what does it even mean? Let’s consider the options. Must it sound classic, bold, inventive? […]
Capsize \ Equal Vision Records \ give us another tag please hardcore \ hardcore \ melodic hardcore \ post-hardcore
Capsize – The Angst In My Veins
LET’S OPEN UP THIS FOOKIN’ PIT N READ BOUT’ SUM’ MELODICK HOORDCORE. Shit is angsty, shit is great, shit is Capsize. Capsize is a band from the best place on Earth, San Diego, California. They’re signed to Equal Vision Records which has bands such as A Lot Like Birds, I The Mighty, We Came As […]
chiptunes \ crashfaster \ electronica \ holy fak r u srs? \ Monobomb Records \ noise pop
crashfaster – superchroma
One of the things that amazes us is everyone assumes we’ve partaken in drugs at some point in our lives, especially when they hear a sample of the kind of music we listen to (browse site, please). “Woooaaah, I bet you see some colors maaaaannnn…” I, the editor, actually had to ask what in the […]
anime \ Claymore \ get it gurl \ Madhouse \ sword girls are awesome
Claymore – Series Review
One of the reasons our media section takes forever to add a review to is because of things like this. Anime, as most of you likely are aware, typically requires a full series watch to truly understand, especially since lots of series tank about midway and you feel like an idiot for even starting, but […]
black metal \ Darkenhöld \ epic metal \ medieval metal that doesn't suck \ Those Opposed Records \ we're serious about that last tag
Darkenhöld – Castellum
Any metal that dares make it obvious it references anything of the ‘medieval’ has entered dangerous territory. It’s a minefield full of active explosives every two inches and you happen to be going through it with a pogo stick. So many times before, as we’ve seen, any reference to swords and sorcery, especially fantasy, have […]
awesome n roll \ death n roll \ Death Valley Driver \ Diminished Fifth Records
Death Valley Driver – Carnivore’s Oath EP
Yeah, these guys. Those italics there add further meaning, and here it means they’ve been around here before, and we’re proud to have them around again. That’s because death n roll isn’t really a very pronounced genre, and there’s a reason for that. Mixing death metal grind with classic hard rock is a real challenge, since in […]
Beak \ Goddamn it to hell post-everything \ post-metal \ post-review \ post-rock \ post-week \ Someoddpilot Records
Beak – Let Time Begin
More like let us begin, this review. What does it take in post-metal? We hit some post-hardcore the other day, mentioning post-black metal in the same breath of a review, so what about this other post? What does it take? Most would argue oddity, pounding riffs, and mixing elements of other genres like sludge. Blacken […]
80sorGREATIES?amirite \ Coffins on IO \ Kayo Dot \ The Flenser Records
Kayo Dot – Coffins on IO
Toby Driver has overdosed on Ariel Pink albums. Admittedly, it’s not a difficult thing to do. If you can get past the almost impenetrable production of his earlier releases it’s quite clear that Ariel Pink has made some of the most compelling music of the last decade and a half. For anyone with an ear […]
Don't Live Like Me Records \ Illuminasty Records \ post-hardcore \ SLOTHS \ so much post we don't even need to make the food reference you think we will \ The Ghost is Clear Records
SLOTHS – Twenty Years
Ahh, let us just relax, kick back, put on the fire, turn down the lights, and relax with some nice post. Every now and then you need some post in your life. Honey, please hand me the post, it’s been a rough day, the kids are getting to me, thank you. Dear, I’m not feeling […]
death metal \ Imperial Savagery \ like maybe even hateful too \ Proudly Defiant Recordings \ Satanic even
Imperial Savagery – S/T
It’s been awhile since we reviewed straight death metal, primarily because, in spite of the number of submissions, most of it has been just awfully terribly horrible. It forces us to pull out multiple adjectives and completely kill all journalistic credibility. But we can’t help it, death metal can really suck anymore. CD after CD […]
