Interview: Alex Haddad (Dessiderium)
Zach interviews Dessiderium’s Alex Haddad on an album 10 years in the making, JRPGs, and moving away from a love affair with Opeth.
Review: ELYOSE – Évidence
French metallers ELYOSE offer up a cuvée speciale with delicate notes of djent, electronica, and pop coming through on the palate.
Review: Syrkander – Via Internam
Congrats to 2025’S AOTY, because its the only one I’ve reviewed so far.
Review: Black Yet Full of Stars – Dark Wing Gospel
The arcane and esoteric come together to breathe alchemical life into this orchestral metal record.
Missed Album Review: Teramaze – Eli: A Wonderful Fall From Grace
“Get your ticket for a one of a kind / A performer that’ll blow your mind”
Review: Isle of the Cross – Faustus: The Musical
Till swollen with cunning, of a self-conceit, this album’s waxen wings did mount above its reach.
Review: Liv Moon – Circle of Life
I, for one, live on the Earth.
Review: Sunburst – Manifesto
A metal band called “Sunburst?” Not, I dunno, “Stellar Death Explosion?” Oh, I see, they must play power metal.
Review: Lamentari – Ex Umbra in Lucem
An onicsymphay ackblay etalmay asterpiecemay (I only speak pig Latin)
Review: Vanden Plas – The Empyrean Equation of the Long Lost Things
The melodic prog metal veterans are at it again and WHAT DOES SANCTIMONARIUM EVEN MEAN AND WHY WON’T IT LEAVE MY BRAIN ALONE?