Words can not express how exciting it is to be able to share a review of the first new Misery Loves Co. full-length in over 19 years with you. Hell, words haven’t been invented yet to describe how exciting it is that there actually IS a new Misery Loves Co. [...]
Grimy and grungy with Black Metal tendencies and an undeniable penchant for gettin’ it done in the overall loudness department, the fourth barnstormer from Lord Mantis easily stands out as one of the heavier highlights of 2019 and a sure contender for our best of year end list.
There’s a lot happening in the five tracks that make up Rabbits, the latest from San Francisco’s Brume. Like, a lot. Dense and downtrodden but still downright delightful, Brume bring light to the dark with their unique brand of Doom for their Magnetic Eye Records debut.
I’ve said this before but there are certain records that I’m so into that I find it hard to articulate properly within these pages so, more often than not, those records remain as an unfinished draft or at least saved for a year end list. Then there are those that [...]
It’s mind boggling to me to hear a record like White Noise Owl’s debut full-length, Condition Critical, think of how much work was put into it and then have it more or less dumped on the unsuspecting masses with barely a peep of promotion. But these are strange times we [...]
Normally when I go into a review of something new from Child Bite I like to have a tab open with synonyms ready for terms like “frenetic” and “cacophony” because, in most cases, that’s the kind of music fans get from the Detroit outfit. But lo and behold, here we [...]
