Review: Seven)Suns – One of Us is the Killer
The Dillinger String Quartet Anniversary Plan. Literally, a.k.a “fuck you, now try to disbelieve it”
Review: Son ov Leviathan – Lvcifugium
Full-bodied black metal with a smoky bouquet redolent of burning churches and pagan sacrifice
Review: ShadowStrike – Traveler’s Tales
We’re getting into the restaurant review business now. Today: a three course cheese platter from the ShadowStrike fromagerie
Review: The Mercury Tree – Self Similar
The Mercury Tree are single-handedly counterbalancing all the sellout bands out there by being so defiantly uncommercial.
Review: Noveria – The Gates of the Underworld
You could just go around the gates… th-there aren’t any walls.
Review: The Circle – Of Awakening
After an arid summer, The Circle are awakening the good releases
Review: The Barrel – Worldconnector
Not structurally sound enough to be ridden over Niagara Falls.
Review: Path of Ilya – Heterostasis
The only album this year, possibly ever, to feature flamenco, turntables, calypso, pirate jigs, and funk.
Review: East of the Wall – A Neutral Second
More bands should sound like if Thrice went super proggy and a bit jazzy
Review: Seyr – 27 Million
The beacon glows brighter…