Review: Ausserwelt by Year of No Light
By Stephen DinanndGrade: AHoly Halford here come the French! Whether it be doom, melodic death or thrash, European metal in recent years has belonged in large part to the Scandinavian countries. Year...
View ArticleReview: What We All Come to Need by Pelican
By Stephen DinanndGrade: APost-metal can be tough grounds for catchy tunes. But when it comes to crafting accessible melodies in the post-metal mold, Pelican is the essential group. The instrumental...
View ArticleReview: Church Avenue by Big Urban
By Kavin ChawlaGrade: AKray and Scott Thorough, also known as Big Urban, let loose an album full of insightful and thought provoking story telling as well as minimalistic beats that aren’t usually...
View ArticleReview: The Earth is a Man by The Earth is a Man
By Michael WildebderGrade: AProfound progress is quite a rarity in the genre of post-rock. And with a common mainstream preconception of the necessity of lyrics to create a melodic album, an...
View ArticleReview: Stench by Nekrogoblikon
By Erich SpiewakGrade: A-After the death of punk and the rise of hair metal in California, I found it easy to write off California as a musical and cultural wasteland; a place where plastic and...
View ArticleReview: Inside Out Boy by Speak!
By Michael WildebderGrade: AWhen an album starts off by encouraging hallucinogenic drug use, it almost speaks for itself. This man calls himself the “34th Best Rapper Alive.” Beyond that, there’s...
View ArticleReview: Out of the Woods by Ian Neal
By Jack PreisGrade: A-When you first enter Ian Neal’s world on his 2011 sophomore album Out of the Woods, you wonder where the deep, ominous synthesizer is taking you. You’re then suddenly confronted...
View ArticleReview: New World Shadows by Omnium Gatherum
By Erich SpiewakGrade: ASo Finland has given us another glimpse of greatness with Omnium Gatherum’s fifth studio album New World Shadows. Combining melodic death metal with both progressive and doom...
View ArticleReview: No Help for the Mighty Ones by Subrosa
By Jack PreisGrade: ASome types of metal are difficult for me to get into because, even though it may play on a lot of elements that I love, like intricate melodies and rhythmic variation, it can just...
View ArticleReview: Mania by Truckfighters
By Stephen DinanndGrade: A-Part of the appeal to hard rock is force. That’s why we run around in a big circle hitting one another in the face. Once the Peaveys puncture concert air with an overwhelming...
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