Gorguts – Pleiades’ Dust I was new to Gorguts’ music when Colored Sands dropped in 2013. I was hesitant to check it out until an enormous amount of hype finally forced my ear. Quite honestly, it floored me. Not since Meshuggah’s Nothing or Gojira’s From Mars to Sirius had I been subjected to such a… Continue reading Dissonance and Delicacy – A Review of Gorguts’ Pleiades’ Dust and Haken’s Affinity
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Fine Art From The Ashes: A Throwback Thursday Review of Death’s Human
There comes a time when a musical group needs to reevaluate its standards. And this need for change happens for a variety of reasons. Sometimes a group needs to morph its sound to fit in with shifting trends, like many bands had to do when the MTV age of 1980s music forced progressive rock groups… Continue reading Fine Art From The Ashes: A Throwback Thursday Review of Death’s Human
EP Review: Linchette Marcel (Self-Titled)
My first thought when I read the words “Lithuanian alt rock duo” was, “Jesus, what the hell is this going to sound like?” And my second thought was, “Where the hell is Lithuania?” It turns out that Lithuania is the “southernmost of Europe’s Baltic states, a former Soviet bloc country that borders Poland, Latvia, and… Continue reading EP Review: Linchette Marcel (Self-Titled)
Stoned, Sarcastic, and Slick: A Review of Aesop Rock’s The Impossible Kid
Rap music is a genre that I have little experience with, so this review might seem a little simplistic as far as in-depth hip hop commentary goes. But I’m going to give it a go, because I happen to be a big fan of Aesop Rock. This rapper turned my head with his EP Fast… Continue reading Stoned, Sarcastic, and Slick: A Review of Aesop Rock’s The Impossible Kid
Rainbows of Sound: A Review of Three Trapped Tigers’ Silent Earthling
I’m entirely new to the English noise-rock band Three Trapped Tigers. I was just browsing for some new music and liked the cover art. A little research revealed that they were an instrumental trio. The make or break for me with many bands is the vocals, so I dove right in to this knowing that… Continue reading Rainbows of Sound: A Review of Three Trapped Tigers’ Silent Earthling
Norse Adventures in New York City: The Vikings Exhibition and Amon Amarth
This Friday, April 22nd, I embarked on a grand journey to Discovery Museum’s The Vikings Exhibition and AMON A-FREAKING-MARTH!!!! INSERT VIKING WAR CRY HERE!!!! Yes, I was really that pumped. I even took a hour of personal time so I could get all “metalled up” and check out the museum before the show. It turns… Continue reading Norse Adventures in New York City: The Vikings Exhibition and Amon Amarth
Deep Prototype Wounds – A Review of Deftones’ Gore
Deftones is a tough band to ignore, despite many metalheads’ wishes to ignore them. The band holds a peculiar place in the genre – a controversial position at that. For one, they’re (absolutely) the only band that managed to morph the dreaded 90s nu-metal sound into something with artistic merit. They’re remarkably consistent for a… Continue reading Deep Prototype Wounds – A Review of Deftones’ Gore