Reviews 0 Review: Humanity’s Last Breath Defies the Laws of Heaviness with Ashen August 9th, 2023 at 1:26pm Max Heilman It sounds completely out of control, and maybe it really is out of control, but Humanity’s Last Breath rides the tumultuous tides gracefully.
Reviews 0 Review: Botanist Pushes Their Dulcimer Black Metal Forward with VIII: Selenotrope May 31st, 2023 at 12:57pm Max Heilman By any stylistic metric, the hammered dulcimer-driven black metal aura of Botanist has reached an impressive precipice this time around.
Reviews 0 Review: The Ocean Lands Their Journey Through Natural History with Holocene May 17th, 2023 at 10:12am Max Heilman Though quieter in comparison, The Ocean never compromises the creative drive that has kept them on the vanguard of forward thinking metal.
Reviews 0 Review: Sleep Token Continues to Push Boundaries on Take Me Back To Eden May 16th, 2023 at 9:43am Max Heilman The meteoric rise of Sleep Token may be one of the best success stories in heavy music, and their third LP is poised to spur that momentum.
Reviews 0 Review: The Acacia Strain Mines the Depths of Doom with Failure Will Follow May 4th, 2023 at 10:43am Max Heilman Rather than try the genre on for size, The Acacia Strain uses doom metal to realize new facets of their sound even after two decades.
Reviews 0 Review: The Acacia Strain Brings Unbridled Mayhem with Step Into The Light May 4th, 2023 at 10:42am Max Heilman The Acacia Strain has never sounded more violent and ferocious than they do on this album… even by their standards.
Reviews 0 Review: Bell Witch begins their funeral doom trilogy with a bang on The Clandestine Gate April 21st, 2023 at 9:44am Max Heilman Luckily, Bell Witch does more with The Clandestine Gate than attempt another 84-minute song like Mirror Reaper.
Reviews 0 Review: Spotlights Dial in Their Metal-Gaze Sound Bath on Alchemy for the Dead April 18th, 2023 at 12:45pm Max Heilman Spotlights reflect the decade they’ve spent honing their craft, while also bringing the freshness of a group excited to deepen their impact.
Reviews 0 Review: Liturgy grapples with the divine on the vast, grand 93696 March 21st, 2023 at 12:57pm Max Heilman 93696 comprises a cavalcade of everything the transcendental black metal of Liturgy has to offer, and then some.
Editorials 0 Review: Ov Sulfur gives melody to blackened core on The Burden ov Faith March 20th, 2023 at 11:42am Max Heilman Ov Sulfur has done more than simply release another blackened deathcore record with their infectious, melodious debut LP.
Reviews 0 Review: Kruelty mines death metal for the best beatdowns with Untopia March 15th, 2023 at 10:37am Max Heilman In line with No Zodiac and Xibalba, Japan’s Kruelty owes their riffage to old school death/doom metal—with beatdowns for icing on the cake.
Reviews 0 Review: Ahab scours the depths of the wretched sea with The Coral Tombs January 10th, 2023 at 9:52am Max Heilman Unique subject matter notwithstanding, The Coral Tombs works because Ahab writes atmospheric, heavy-duty funeral doom.
Reviews 0 Review: He Is Legend furthers their resurgence with Endless Hallway November 9th, 2022 at 12:20pm Max Heilman Endless Hallway more than contends with White Bat in inspired energy, furthering the resurgence of He Is Legend.
Reviews 0 Review: Dead Cross Gets Weird, Wild and Raw on II October 24th, 2022 at 2:20pm Max Heilman When the game plan is repackaging ‘80s underground metal and punk with an appreciation of absurdity, Dead Cross isn’t easy to get tired of.
Reviews 0 Review: Lorna Shore Transcends Deathcore with Pain Remains October 12th, 2022 at 11:23am Max Heilman Lorna Shore have proven their staying power in the pantheon of kick-assery.
Reviews 0 Review: Holy Fawn deepens the metalgaze sound bath with Dimensional Bleed September 7th, 2022 at 9:32am Max Heilman Holy Fawn are advancing the metalgaze genre with Dimensional Bleed.
