Review: East of the Wall – A Neutral Second
More bands should sound like if Thrice went super proggy and a bit jazzy
Review: Astral Tomb – Total Spiritual Death
Make death metal weird again.
Review: Vermilion Dawn – Boreal Valley
The Wisconsin death metallers are back after their stellar debut, but can their new EP compare to what came before?
Review: Enopolis – ISIHASTIKA
An instructive case study in how not to write music.
Review: Divinex – Dreamscapes
An improvement on the usual formula, but not a dream come true.
Review: Vordona – Quadrivium
We’re in the doldrums, guys. The winds of progressive metal do not blow this summer.
Review: Vexing – Grand Reproach
Sometimes I just want an elephant to step on me while smelling flowers.
Review: Sarmat – Dubious Disk / Determined to Strike
New York’s historic experimental jazz scene once again collides with metal in the most dastardly of ways with Sarmat’s first two releases.
Review: Infinite Spectrum – CAGE
Trapped in the CAGE of generic trad prog *one of my colleagues breaks the keyboard over my head*
Review: Dawn of Ouroboros – Velvet Incandescence
Dawn of Ouroboros fumbles the bag on their sophomore outing