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Review: Neurosis – Enemy of the Sun (2010 Reissue)
A forbearing intellectualism is what Neurosis is all about, and has always been about. They are not balls deep metal, nor are they artsy fartsy elitists. Somewhere in the middle, Neurosis has wow’ed countless listeners with their blend of sludge, hardcore and so many avant garde tidbits, that they have made a career out of [...]
Review: The Body – All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood (2010)
Man, some bands are really out there to trip you into a complete mind-fuck! All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood really screws with you on every track too! Sometimes when listening to an album, I like to go by the first impression I get from the 1st track, and I was completely [...]
Review: Madder Mortem – Where Dream And Day Collide EP (2010)
Madder Mortem is the larger than life avant garde juggernaut that seemingly everyone with half an inkling of a taste for this music enjoys, or at least appreciates. Madder Mortem is simply one of those bands that brings out the best in their own music, as well as each of their listeners. When Dream and [...]
Review: Haken – Aquarius (2010)
Haken, in the grand tradition of their prog forefathers, is an English band that takes great pride in evading the ordinary. Their debut album Aquarius may have strong similarities to metal Circus Maximus and rock Spock’s Beard, but they still supremely original with their own edge that can’t be classified under either the rock or [...]
Review: The Unravelling – 13 Arcane Hymns (2010)
Pink Floyd, Opeth, and Tool have all arguably made their own masterpiece albums. The Unravelling cite these bands and more as inspiration, and I believe, strive to make a masterpiece of their own. This band is often referred to as progressive metal. I take that as ‘this is a band that refuses to focus on [...]
Review: Svarti Loghin – Drifting Through the Void (2010)
Sweden’s Svarti Loghin is some of the most original metal music I have heard in a long time, and that’s saying a lot in this day in age where for every blink, there is a new artists producing something new. Svarti Loghin’s Drifting Through the Void, the band’s second full length effort, is black metal [...]
Review: Les Discrets – Septembre Et Ses Dernieres Pensees (2010)
Inspired by the beauty of Oregon’s Agalloch and Kayo Dot, France’s own Les Discrets bring the formulation of darkness, fascination and subtle indie melodies to the forefront of an already complex blackened goth metal album. Septembre Et Ses Dernieres Pensees isn’t a ruckus of a record, it’s art personified, and every once and awhile metal [...]
Review: My Own Private Alaska – Amen (2010)
You know those albums that you listen to, that seem sophisticated enough that you should like it (at least in an artistic sense), but no matter how hard you try, or how many times you listen to it, you still think it’s pretty awful? That is how I feel about My Own Private Alaska’s Amen, [...]
Earth/Wolves in the Throne Room West Coast Tour
Earth have joined up with label mates Wolves in the Throne Room for a week-and-a-half long West Coast tour for this April. The string of dates will also include opening support from instrumentalist Cello performer Lori Goldston, who will also be part of Earth’s live lineup for the tour.
Earth have been finalizing material for their [...]
Alcest Will Embrace Your Curiosity
Alcest, hailing from France, are coming to the U.S. to give our atmospheric rock sensibilities a run for their money (I’m looking at you Sigur Ros, you weird bastards you). I for one hope to get a chance to see these guys for the sheer fascination I have for their ability to walk a thin [...]
