Review: In the Woods… – Otra
These aren’t the woods that Grandma’s house is in…
Review: Felgrave – Otherlike Darknesses
Dreamy doom escaping the abyss.
Review: Changeling – Changeling
The most ambitious album of the year.
Review: Inner Cabala – We Are Solitude
No darlings were harmed in the making of this album.
Review: Symbiotic Growth – Beyond the Sleepless Aether
The sophomore slump with hints of brilliance.
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: Cthuluminati – Tentacula
I receive: squid; you receive: weirdo black metal—you know, squid pro quo?
Review: Tómarúm – Beyond Obsidian Euphoria
FFO big-ass paintings and death metal
Review: Deafheaven – Lonely People with Power
These people… are lonely…. and they…. have power….
Oh and they made this year’s best album too, I guess.