When one thinks of Ripple Music, he or she probably thinks primarily of acts like Mothership, Wo Fat, new Vault favorites The Watchers, or Indy’s own Devil to Pay – riff-driven bands that bridge the gap between [...]
Forming the Void’s second full-length album doesn’t show too much deviation from 2015’s Skyward in terms of style. The riffs have gotten heavier and there are a few more driving moments on Relic, but the Lafayette, [...]
I absolutely adore Japanese experimental metal trio Boris, but sweet mother of fuck they don’t make it easy. Between their extremely prolific nature—they’ve released 23 full-lengths over the last 25 years, plus more [...]
There’s a long, grand tradition of breakup/divorce records in music, though I can’t think of many examples in metal aside from Deicide’s Till Death Do Us Part, which actually might not be the best example. Regardless, [...]
If you’ve ever wondered what it might sound like if a melodic sludge band like Torche suddenly decided to go black metal, have I got a band for you. That actually might be something of an oversimplification, but on [...]
When I was younger, I used to play classical piano. I had this book of songs and each one contained several variations of one melody. The first part would be the baseline and then each variation would take that 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. [...]
You can always tell when a good band is channeling genuine hate into their music. Witchapter, a doom-inspired band hailing from England, seems to communicate their aggression in the form of droning melodies, [...]
