reviews for albums that I consider rock
A style that’s always been incredibly hit or miss for me has been post-metal with how you can easily lose yourself in the immersive atmosphere yet find yourself going in circles with the music not really progressing or just becoming … Continue reading Soul Attrition – Vashon Rain
The world of doom metal/rock soaking in psychedelia is a wave of flavor that has been going for decades at this point in varying degrees of potency depending on the band. Recently, acts like Neurosis and Elder have fueled the … Continue reading Ancestors – Suspended in Reflections
I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: I’m typically not a fan of demos. Sure, there are the occasional exceptions, but I’m not a real fan of an unpolished sound because I know the material could sound … Continue reading Merlock – s/t
In today’s modern state of metal, innovation is all but rampant and it doesn’t take an eagle-eyed fan to see that. Metal is easily the genre with the most amount of varying styles and sounds to where it appears there’s … Continue reading Kissin’ Dynamite – Ecstasy
There’s a seemingly infinite number of subgenres in the worlds of both metal and rock, and while it’s impossible to hear it all that doesn’t stop us from finding unique flavors from small niches across the two genres that come … Continue reading The Re-Stoned – Stores of the Astral Lizard
Coming across some hard rock recently has left me high and dry more than anything, sadly. The style has never really stood out without the help of riffs coming into play in order to carry an album forward. I felt … Continue reading ASG – Survive Sunrise
There is this incredibly thin line that separates metal and rock that many bands tread for to either test their capabilities as musicians or simply because that’s what the band wants to play. I’ve found that a supreme amount of … Continue reading Three Left – The Calling
There exists a band that I have only known for about four years but have grown to love just about everything they do: Kauan. They went for a while as something that could be likened to Agalloch by some, but … Continue reading Prime Alone – The Great Art of Self-Destruction
There’s a certain flavor that I certainly can’t get enough of whenever I’m referring to some tasty doom or rock that really grips me from start to finish. It’s a very specific thing but extremely hard to execute properly: psychedelia. … Continue reading The Howling Eye – Sonorous
A band that explodes in any scene is the sort of thing that should always be watched under a close eye so that we, as fans, can find out quickly if we’re hoping too much for the band in question … Continue reading Spaceslug – Eye the Tide
