EP REVIEW: Black Talon – Existential
Formed in 2010, Edinburgh thrashers Black Talon follow up their 2015 debut Endless Realities (Wasted State Records) with independently released five-track EP Existential. Sounding like a modern...
View ArticleEP REVIEW – Astaroth Incarnate – Ascendance
It used to be easy, doing the devil's good work. A pentagram here or there, maybe an inverted cross on the forehead, and audiences would cower at your brimstone-summoning bravura. But the competition...
View ArticleEP REVIEW: Meth Fetish – Meth Fetish EP
For the fortieth release of its cruel, fetid existence, Dry Cough Records has chosen to issue forth another slab of tortured hate, this time from intentional duo Meth Fetish. The band, another project...
View ArticleEP REVIEW: Razor Candy – Razor Candy
I like to think I am a tough nut to crack, an enigma, if you will, shrouded in a mystical cloud of mystery. My editor proved to me that when it comes to my musical tastes he has me all figured out....
View ArticleEP REVIEW: Destroyer of Light – Generational Warfare
There's no denying Destroyer of Light's prolific sense of adventure. The Austin, Texas quartet's first release was a live set and in the eight years since, the band has let loose three albums, three...
View ArticleEP REVIEWS: The Acacia Strain – D and E EPs – Rise Records
In these very strange, unprecedented times for the world over (and not just the music world) it must make a few of us uneasy in terms of when does “new music” stop coming out thanks to the pandemic....
View ArticleEP REVIEW: Wretched Empires – Bloom EP
I hadn't registered so much as a whisper of St Louis trio Wretched Empires…until I learned that vocalist Tom Ballard was also the frontman for UK Sludge-Doomers Allfather. THEN my ears pricked up....
View ArticleSPLIT RELEASE: Shrieking / Puddleglum Split
2020 has already been a busy year for San Diego electronic darkheart Shrieking. Debut album Let the Galaxy Burn (Self-Release) was released in January; a single, Truth About Demons (Self-Release)...
View ArticleEP REVIEW: Midnight Dice – Hypnotized – Underground Power Records
Coming off a self-titled demo in 2019, Midnight Dice’s first EP, Hypnotized (Underground Power Records/Hoove Child Records), sees the Chicagoans continuing to build their momentum. Comparisons to the...
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