A Reportage On Riffs And Drunken Mayhem: Riffmass 2017
King Goat’s all-dayer was an onslaught of noisy riffs, check out our review of the day.
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Review: Sect – No Cure for Death
If Sect’s first album was a group of seasoned prize fights shaking off ring-rustiness, No Cure For Death is a gang of hardcore punk veterans, fighting fit and ready to take brass knuckles to the resurgent evils of the post-Trumpian world.
Live Review: Ulver
Ulver have achieved a spectacular live show worth the price of attendance, which is more than can be said for the majority of bands.
Review: Bolt Gun – Man Is Wolf To Man
Man Is Wolf To Man is a poignant masterpiece to those with the patience (and spare time) to delve into its expansive sound.
Review: Electric Wizard – Wizard Bloody Wizard
The latest instalment in the Leccy Wiz saga sees the band’s signature fuzz take a step back, allowing its riffs to take centre stage.
Review: Godflesh – Post Self
It’s almost unheard of for a band to release a masterpiece so late into their career but somehow Godflesh have achieved just that.
Review: Slabdragger/Wren – Mothers Of Beef And The Magic Of Invention
There were a few raised eyebrows recently when Holy Roar Records announced that two of their charges, Slabdragger and Wren, were to release a split featuring a cover of a Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart track, respectively.
Review: Lento – Fourth
Italian instrumental quintet prove that life without vocals has no effect over a band’s ability to be creative.
Review: Code – Under The Subgleam
Code’s latest release only came out last January, but the progressive black metallers still have much to give 2017.
Review: Ghold – Stoic
Stoic is an excellent addition to Ghold’s already formidable portfolio and a triumphant beginning for Crypt Of The Wizard. Here’s to many more.
Live Review: Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Godspeed You! Black Emperor hold a monolithic status over post-genre bands and musicians – enthralled to the noise, no-wave and post-hardcore scenes that sprung up around bands like Sonic Youth and […]
Review: Blut Aus Nord – Deus Salutis Meæ
Transcending their genre through intelligent experimentations that seldom miss their mark, Blut Aus Nord offer up increasingly more punishing sonic stylings as they obliterate the notion of genre on Deus Salutis Meae.
Review: Gnaw – Cutting Pieces
The third instalment in the New York outift’s experimental discography continues to delve into challenging aural territories, blending their twisted interpretations of various metal subgenres to explore only the most torturous forms of musical extremity.
Review: Bell Witch – Mirror Reaper
As challenging for its palpably raw emotion as it is for its heavy musical style, Mirror Reaper is a colossal album bound to take its place amongst only the most elite of the doom metal genre’s well-stocked history.
Review: Enslaved – E
E is not the first time the Norwegian group has taken a good look at their sound before rebuilding it brick-by-brick, but it is one of the more noteworthy times.
Review: Primitive Man – Caustic
Listening to Caustic start-to-finish is much like being dropped into a tomb lined with the bones of previous victims, as your captures go on to torture you in increasingly new and painful ways. Except, this is metal, so it’s enjoyable.
