black metal \ bloody and pulpy and stuff \ Bloody Mountain Records \ raw black metal \ Sxuperion \ Valdur
Black metal is often easy to grasp, thematically speaking, as soon as you look at a cover. Ever hear that old mantra about tanks, or as they call them typically, panzers? If thou see a tank on the cover, be warned, for it does not deliver the crushing explosions expected. Well, visually speaking, this one […]
death metal \ doom metal \ electronica \ interview \ Necro Deathmort \ so diverse you'll freak \ UK
Ugh, sometimes real life gets in our underground way Goddamn it anyway. But enough of that, you don’t even need details, you all need another one of our fine, detailed, and informative interviews, and we’re not joking around. Typically, we only ask questions of what we consider to be the finest acts that we review, stuff […]
but better than that \ Danzig tag drop \ dark country \ doom punk \ Goth \ magic bullet records \ psychobilly \ rockabilly \ swamp rock \ Wailin Storms
Music critics can be fickle, but even worse they can be lazy. Lazy reviews focus too much on simple details. This riff is good blah blah etc. Further, they typically rely on the most common of lazy errors, that being name-dropping. “For fans of…” is the veritable slogan for almost every review site in existence. […]
death metal \ Deathrite \ Germany \ just plain old death that isn't so plain \ Prosthetic Records
The start of the week, the start of work, or the start of not doing work, or not getting up, or hating everything until Thursday when it all seems bright again. Until then, work, work, and work. But if you’re at work, what are you doing on this site? That’s easy to explain because you, like […]
This was always a favorite feature of the original owner/editor of Deaf Sparrow on the old site, but we had yet to bring it back, so here it is, “The Good, The Bad, The Unsigned”. The title, awesome, the process simple. What we do is run through four submissions from unsigned bands/musicians that we’ve received recently, […]
Altare Productions \ atmospheric \ black metal \ doom metal \ Mordgrimm \ Nevoa \ our first score that is like something on your calculator after messing around with it \ Portugal
Before I begin, I want to go out and say that if you’re going to ask me to review your album or whatever, I would very much appreciate it you – I don’t know, gave me the album? I’ve had a few people message me over the last few weeks about reviews and I want […]
Broken Limbs Recordings \ but I guess we have to say metal of some sort \ Chicago \ genreless beasts \ Immortal Bird
Did you ever read a review and smile at all of the praise, only to get to the score and wonder what in the hell happened in the meantime? This actually occurred when this album here was on repeat at the homestead over the past few days. We enjoy, sometimes, checking out what others have […]
experimental \ Ferrrum \ Hell:On \ progressive metal \ thrash metal \ Ukraine
Experimentation is occasionally a path of ruin, irrespective of history and skill, a choice often made for the wrong reasons, or even when made for the right reasons it leads to abject failure. It’s a dangerous path, fraught with danger, covered in brambles leading up to steep cliffs where a single foothold means either progression […]