Infatuated with the Diploid’s devastating raucous, and driven by a wish to discover more about the album’s themes, we spoke to two-thirds of the band.
Tag: heavy
Cannibalistic Kings, Murdered Androids and Harrison Ford: The Weird World of zhOra
“If there’s anything for a band to base their sound on, it’s a murdered android having a fairly bad time after being shot by President James Marshall.”
Gnaw: Lurking Outside Your Window
An excellent example of extreme metal’s refusal to clean up – Brooklyn experimentalist collective Gnaw have returned after four years, with a revitalized lineup and a brand new release.
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.
Limb: Worship Lemmy And Don’t Do Drugs
We caught up with frontman Rob Hoey to see how London-based outfit Limb’s third LP is progressing.
Doom Metal: Embracing The Ethereal
Doom’s essence has always been of the ethereal, so we’ve curated a selection of ethereal doom for your listening pleasure.
Review: With The Dead – Love From With The Dead
The impressive roster of seasoned musicians that make up With The Dead provide a masterful and mercilessly dreary barrage of doom metal darkness throughout their second full-length effort.