Album Review: Sigh – Heir to Despair
Sigh may be a name synonymous with avant-garde metal weirdness, but such shock has inevitably become formula after over two decades of it. The band’s...
Tag : avant-garde metal
Interview + Album Stream: Gorycz – Piach
Off the top of my head, I can think of very few labels that have had a better 2018 than Poland’s Pagan Records, who’ve released...
Album Review: Zeal & Ardor – Stranger Fruit
What started as a “fuck you” response to a racist troll on 4chan has become one of the more divisive acts in music today. For...
Album Review: Dan Weiss – Starebaby
Percussionist Dan Weiss, whose funeral doom background includes a stint with Bloody Panda on their album Pheromones (2007), collected five experimental musicians, including himself, to...
An Interview With Dominik + Artur of Koniec Pola
Here’s a lede you probably weren’t expecting: when I was first approached about interviewing Koniec Pola, I had every intention of saying no. Why? It...
EP Review: Kardashev – The Almanac
After you listen to metal for a while, you may occasionally find yourself thinking they’ve heard it all. Every odd time signature, every avant-garde, dissonant...
Album Review: Blut Aus Nord – Deus Salutis Meae
It’s an undisputed fact that the French make great black metal. Whether it’s French Canadian (Cantique Lepreux, Fortresse) or from France (Deathspell Omega, Celestia) when...
Album Review: Boris – Dear
I absolutely adore Japanese experimental metal trio Boris, but sweet mother of fuck they don’t make it easy. Between their extremely prolific nature—they’ve released 23...
Album Review: Ashenspire – Speak Not of the Laudanum Quandary
Since I started doing more of the album reviews here at the Vault, I’ve been getting more new music in my inbox every week than...
Album Review: Krallice – Prelapsarian
Kralice is like the Voltron of metal. Messrs. Marston, Barr, McMaster, and Weinstein are all highly skilled musicians who play in a number of outstanding...