Album Reviews

HINAYANA Go Grand On Majestic Metal Monster Death Of The Cosmic

Pressing play on any number of music that crosses my digital desk is, to be blunt, a crap shoot which presents just as many risks (To my ears) as it does rewards (Again, to my ears). Which brings us to Austin, Texas’ Hinayana who deliver humongous aural rewards (To my [...]

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Denver Death Sludge Is Back As Primitive Man Return With Immersion

Denver’s first and only Death Sludge band is back! Primitive Man is returning after a three year absence apparently and since I don’t follow the band on the regular that isn’t really news to me. What IS news to me is that this record and this band slay because having [...]

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Circus Trees Capture The Mood Of 2020 On Heavy Yet Hopeful Delusions

Never mind the novelty of three teenage sisters forming a band together because Circus Trees as an artistic unit is so much more than that. Sure, there’s the family aspect in this but it’s the fluidity and union of which the McCarthy sisters coordinate and cooperate which makes the music [...]

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Fatigue Delve Deeper Into Darkwave On Intriguing Illusory Things

On Illusory Things, Lowell’s Darkwave genius Fatigue enter the next stage of their Electro evolution with eleven aural arias of awesome sure to cause a palpitation or two within your Gothic black heart. Written and recorded following surgery and while in self-quarantine (Sounds like the start of my 2020 as [...]

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ESA Return With A New Collection Of Sinister Synthesized Symphonies On Eat Their Young/The Scorn EP

February 7th is significant not only because ESA’s last full-length dropped but it also happens to be the day that I saw my last live show before the shit hit the fan in the world. Since then we’ve had an ongoing apocalypse which has allowed me (some) more time to [...]

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Howling Giant And Sergeant Thunderhoof Team Up, Create Majestic Musical Interpretation Of A Painting By Sara-Jane Swettenham For Latest Ripple Music Experiment Turned to Stone Chapter II

There is so much that is right with this two-song split by Howling Giant and Sergeant Thunderhoof. Firstly, can you say epic??? A forty-minute runtime between two bands supplying a song each. Do the math. Secondly, I know of Howling Giant already and they rule. Thirdly, I did not know [...]

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