Swedish one-man black metal outfit Panphage first popped up on my radar last November when the mighty Nordvis released the project’s second full-length, Drengskapr. I dug that album’s mix of aggressiveness and melody [...]
Given that their lineup includes members of CHRCH and Demon Lung, one might be tempted to pre-emptively write off Godhunter’s forthcoming EP Codex Narco as yet another slab of drugged-out Electric Wizard worship. [...]
When Arjen Lucassen resurrected Ayreon with 2013’s The Theory of Everything, a new direction seemed feasible for the legendary prog project. It was as over the top as their other releases, but its suite-oriented song [...]
I don’t know what it is about German black metal bands, but they always sound so much more austere than their Scandinavian counterparts. I’m not going to pretend to know enough about German classical or opera music to [...]
Anyone who loves a good trilogy knows that the second part always ups the ante. Beloved middle children like The Two Towers and The Empire Strikes Back work to expand the worlds that were conceived by their [...]
Apparently ripping off Electric Wizard is so lucrative that actual Electric Wizard members are getting in on the fun! Joking aside, Dead Witches is a new doom band masterminded by Psychedelic Witchcraft vocalist [...]
Montreal’s Show of Bedlam sound like a mix of Neurosis, Oathbreaker, and Swans. Their sophomore album, Transfiguration, is full of odd sound clips, industrial influence, and extreme dissonance that add up to a [...]
Of all of Kevin Hufnagel’s higher profile projects—which include Gorguts, Dysrhythmia, and Vaura—I have paid the least amount of attention to Sabbath Assembly. I don’t know that I have a particularly good explanation [...]
