Hi again, it's been a bit. Unfortunately life has many arms, to the extent that you can never quite predict where all of them are coming from, and many of those arms are clawed. This is to say that, due to a number of extraneous circumstances, I haven't been able to find the time to … Continue reading Albums I’ve Missed – Autumn 2019
Review: Tool – Fear Inoculum
Well, this is it. After fifteen years - for context, that means many who picked up the last record as teenagers are now full-time adults working full-time jobs - Tool have released a new album. This one's title: Fear Inoculum, following the unremarkable trend set-in-stone of album-named-after-included track, contains ten tracks in total; those paying … Continue reading Review: Tool – Fear Inoculum
Review: Slipknot – We Are Not Your Kind
After five years, it's finally here: Slipknot's thunderous return and follow up to .5: The Gray Chapter, a record which was easily the band's most emotionally poignant in context of the death of founding bassist Paul Gray soon before. It was a shaky time for Slipknot, coming off of the All Hope Is Gone era, … Continue reading Review: Slipknot – We Are Not Your Kind
Review: Thy Art Is Murder – Human Target
Sydney deathcore powerhouse Thy Art Is Murder is back with their fifth full-length album, entitled Human Target, which will likely be the biggest release of that subgenre this year. It's interesting to think about just how commercial this band has become, especially in context of the fact that they aren't often viewed as being commercial, … Continue reading Review: Thy Art Is Murder – Human Target
Review: Gravemind – Conduit
In wake of the announcement that Melbourne's own Gravemind were set to release their first full-length album - after two EPs and a scattering of assorted singles - I can honestly say that I had little notion of what to expect sonically. Despite generally falling within the realm of core, the band's sound has oscillated … Continue reading Review: Gravemind – Conduit
Review: Angelmaker – Angelmaker
If you'd asked me a year ago, I would have readily announced for all to hear that Angelmaker was the most exciting thing in deathcore. Now? I'd have to premise any comment by making known that I'm honestly not sure if deathcore is a subgenre to be excited about in general. There was the Whitechapel … Continue reading Review: Angelmaker – Angelmaker
Review: Rammstein – Rammstein
After what feels like an eternity (in actuality, a decade) since 2009's Liebe ist für alle da, the German titans who call themselves Rammstein are back with a new full-length album, which they've boldly decided to simply call Rammstein. Generally, I'm skeptical about this kind of decision when it comes to naming an album. Calling … Continue reading Review: Rammstein – Rammstein
Review: Amon Amarth – Berserker
It's been a few weeks - and busy ones at that - but I finally have a new album which I feel is worth reviewing. I would have gone for the new After the Burial release except I've only just gotten into that band, and so probably wouldn't have a lot to say on it … Continue reading Review: Amon Amarth – Berserker
Review: Whitechapel – The Valley
Seems like the new releases just keep coming and coming, doesn't it? Knoxville, Tennessee based deathcore outfit Whitechapel are back, and this record might necessitate providing the band's origin location more than just about any other I've reviewed. This record is inextricably mired in that place, specifically Hardin Valley, for which the album is named, … Continue reading Review: Whitechapel – The Valley
Review: Any Given Day – Overpower
In what feels like no time at all, German metalcore outfit Any Given Day is back with their third LP, following 2014's My Longest Way Home, a record I jammed quite a bit back in the day along with early Annisokay and the like, and then 2016's Everlasting. I've always had a generally positive view … Continue reading Review: Any Given Day – Overpower
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