Missed Album Review: Downriver Dead Men Go – Ruins
An exploration of musical negative space that’s defined as much by absence as by its own content.
Missed Album Review: Toxik – Dis Morta
With as many hooks as a tackle shop, Toxik play mind-bending technical thrash metal which is the best the genre has seen since Terminal Redux.
Missed Album Review: Inhalo – Sever
Alt metal gets creative.
Missed Album Review: Tiwanaku – Earth Base One
A wildly ambitious debut release results in an inconsistent album
Missed Album Review: Scarcity – Aveilut
Hovering at the very outskirts of listenability, Aveilut is the terrifying sounds of an accomplished composer reconciling with death–truly haunting.
Review: Poly-Math – Zenith
A succinct, self-assured, and sophisticated piece of instrumental prog that is an easy recommendation for any veteran listeners of the genre.
Missed Album Review: Indepth – Ancient Architects
Indepth emulates some of the greatest progressive death acts beautifully but is that really enough?
Missed Album Review: Disillusion – Ayam
A vast, dreamlike masterpiece.
Review: Ramskull – Parasitic Sapiens
A progressive sludge swing and a miss.
Review: Qrixkuor – Zoetrope
Incorporating twisted orchestration into snaking long-form death metal, Qrixkuor have outdone themselves; Zoetrope is an opus worthy of such a horrifying, intriguing album cover.