Review: Symbiotic Growth – Beyond the Sleepless Aether
The sophomore slump with hints of brilliance.
Review: King Garcia – Hamelin
I know you thought this was an article about Puerto Rican jazz trumpeter Louis “King” Garcia, but stick around anyway.
Review: Grey Aura – Zwart Vierkant: Slotstuk
Modernist artception.
Review: Chris Beernink – The Chimera Suite
Now you step inside but you don’t see too many faces / comin’ in out of the rain to hear the big band jazz metal orchestra go down.
Review: The Mars Volta – Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacío
Eye contact with the void is always so awkward.
Review: Benthos – From Nothing
“You stare at Benthos, they stare right back. And that’s when the sick mathcore comes, not from the front, but from the side. The point is, when they deliver sick mathcore, you are alive.”
– Sam Neill in Jurassic Park if you replaced raptors with Benthos, probably.
Review: Citadel – Descension
Cue the ‘Spiderman pointing at Spiderman’ memes.
Review: Belnejoum – Dark Tales of Zarathustra
Mood: the sky is rent and the gods lie bleeding
Review: Limbo – Elicit
Djentjà vu
Review: Cthuluminati – Tentacula
I receive: squid; you receive: weirdo black metal—you know, squid pro quo?