There’s an art to writing long songs, particularly in doom metal where slower tempos can very easily lead to monotony. For every band like Samothrace or Yob who can write a 20+ minute song be engaging, there are at [...]
Swedish one-man black metal outfit Panphage first popped up on my radar last November when the mighty Nordvis released the project’s second full-length, Drengskapr. I dug that album’s mix of aggressiveness and 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. [...]
I don’t know what it is about German black metal bands, but they always sound so much more austere than their Scandinavian counterparts. I’m not going to pretend to know enough about German classical or opera music to [...]
Daredevil Brewing Co. Lift Off West Coast Style IPA (7.2% ABV) Pour: 16oz can into a snifter Appearance: Very pale for an IPA – it looks more like a wheat ale. Medium-gold with about an inch of soapy head that really [...]
For those who got to the Vogue early enough on the night of the Decibel tour, Ohio-based lust, filth, and sleaze merchants Midnight probably don’t need any introduction. For those who missed their set, you [...]
Of all of Kevin Hufnagel’s higher profile projects—which include Gorguts, Dysrhythmia, and Vaura—I have paid the least amount of attention to Sabbath Assembly. I don’t know that I have a particularly good explanation [...]
Gothenburg’s Ensnared have been around in one iteration or another since 2005, when they formed under the name Gravehammer, but Dysangelium will be the band’s first proper full-length, and their first new music of any [...]
