By Nikita Alekseyevich Khrenov There are two trends that I’ve noticed come up this year: bands releasing albums after a long period of silence, and the overwhelming use of space as a lyrical theme. French melodic death metal outfit Carcariass checks off both of these boxes. Back with their first album in a decade, they released… Continue reading Album Review: Planet Chaos by Carcariass
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Album Review: Tartarus Horde (s/t)
By The Necrosexual The Horde is coming! You hear a rumble in a distance. Then, a hissing choir of fallen angels on the horizon. The dusts swirls around you. Run if you can, but it’s too late. The rabid legions from the last bastion of hell are here. Philadelphia’s Tartarus Horde is a maelstrom of high magic delivered with the most brutal… Continue reading Album Review: Tartarus Horde (s/t)
Album Review: Carnifex, World War X
I’ll never forget the two metal elitists shouting “Hey Mitch Luker! Are you guys gonna do that BREE BREE song from that album about the cowboy’s job?” at Carnifex vocalist Scott Lewis during The Summer Slaughter Tour’s Philly date back in 2010. In his black tank top and covered in tattoos, Lewis shot them a… Continue reading Album Review: Carnifex, World War X
Album Review: Flower of the Cosmos by The Giraffes
I actually saw The Giraffes play here in Connecticut in the early 2000’s. They were on a package tour were with equally like minded bands that mixed punk and hard rock that played the Webster Theater. Nobody showed up. It wasn’t their fault, they were fantastic, but most decided to sit at home rather than… Continue reading Album Review: Flower of the Cosmos by The Giraffes
Confidence in the Dark Arts: A Review of Kaleikr’s Heart of Lead
Social media is bad about 90% of the time. I’m not sure if that’s close to a real statistic, but it’s the way I feel — though there’s that personal 10% of positive connection that results in healthy new perspectives and discoveries. I was perusing Instagram one day to see that someone I followed had… Continue reading Confidence in the Dark Arts: A Review of Kaleikr’s Heart of Lead
Track Premiere: “Sickness” by HOSEMEN
After years of seeing guitarist/singer Anthony Quinn Carpanzano — better known simply as Quinn — perform around Stamford, Connecticut in various incarnations of his musical vision, I have to say…. It’s about goddamn time. Hosemen’s upcoming album Saturday Nite Conformity elevates the band’s music from local barroom grooves to transcendent, anthemic rock n roll. Production… Continue reading Track Premiere: “Sickness” by HOSEMEN
Knife Fight Kegger – A Review of Children of Bodom’s Hexed
Much like Soilwork, I’d lost touch with Children of Bodom over the last decade or so. Are You Dead Yet? had left me underwhelmed, possibly due to the album’s overbearing production and slouching weight. The band seemed like they were experimenting with slower tempos and beefier riffage, pressured perhaps by the metalcore craze that gripped… Continue reading Knife Fight Kegger – A Review of Children of Bodom’s Hexed