Review: Spektrvm – Blood for Heaven
An alternative metal LP with some potential, but marred by tacked on progressive elements
Review: Ashenspire – Hostile Architecture
The anger of the wealth inequality gap personified.
Review: Gates to the Morning – Walk Between Worlds
An acoustic take on post-black metal that feels like the promise of spring breaking the grip of eternal winter.
Reports from the Underground: Halfway Through 2022
A run down of 18 of our favorite albums through the first half of the year.
Review: Regressor – Crescent Spoon
Guitarist and producer Joseph Stevenson of StarSystems branches out with the debut of a new, jazzier solo project.
Review: Birth – Born
Open your chakras for Birth’s debut album.
Review: Marlugubre – Maladie
Have you ever wondered what a band trying their hardest to emulate 90s Opeth would sound like?
Review: Monolith Zero – Monolith Zero
While we have lots of bands who influence still, few have dared to rip off Devin Townsend… until now!
Review: Atomic Symphony – HYBRIS
The first half of a two-part concept album that embraces a symphonic sound while retaining a more traditional progressive style.
Review: Kekal – Envisaged
A heady brew of genre experimentation with a rather arcane philosophy