As I type these words I am currently drastically under the weather as something I caught at work has made a damned mess of my immune system. When I staggered over to my chair and went to go find something … Continue reading Hope Drone – Void Lustre
If you ask me, a demo is rarely anything to go off of as it gives us the rawest and earliest sound a band could produce at the beginning of their existence. It’s not often at all that a demo … Continue reading Toadeater – Codex
For those who take the time to sit down and analyze music, we listen to the extent where you can really pick apart the band’s influences just from listening to them. And it’s become a trend where weed is a … Continue reading Oenos – Noir II
It’s in the current landscape of post-rock that I’ve spent a good bit of time, and I know many others have simply because of how mesmerizing the style can easily become if you just put it in the hands of … Continue reading Ships Fly Up – Ghost Kingdom
It’s sometimes the small improvements that can make for a world of difference as even the smallest change in approach or execution can make the final product shine in an entirely new light. In the case of Le Menhir, I … Continue reading Le Menhir – Ombre
It’s every now and then that we get the occasional album that becomes more of an experience than a mere collection of songs consisting of riffs and melodies. There’s real passion put into these exceptional works and it’s a real … Continue reading Kha.wis – Life Oscillation
The concept of making music instrumental is far from a novel concept in the world of rock and metal nowadays as we’ve legions upon legions of bands out there that dare to venture forth with no voice, and the amount … Continue reading OTHRS – Broken Dialogue
Every now and then, we get something that’s fucking weird. I don’t mean something that’s a mild oddity or an album that just barely sits apart from the rest of the style. I mean something that’s its own fucking entity … Continue reading Drofnosura – Voidfever
Many times, to create a great album is to great a unique experience. Some bands manage to accomplish that by more conventional methods as they propel themselves into fame and the limelight of their corner of music, but others intentionally … Continue reading Oldd Wvrms – Codex Tenebris
The vast majority of the time whenever I listen to anything that can be described as “post”, it’s rock rather than metal for two simple reasons. (1) There are far more post-rock bands than post-metal acts so more to choose … Continue reading Le Menhir – Aube
