Review: One Hundred Thousand – Zodiac

I don't really recall how I came across One Hundred Thousand's inaugural album The Forms in Which They Appear, but I can say that I've somehow never seen this band get the recognition it deserves in metal media. That first LP, released five years ago, was a strong prog piece, with the towering track "Type … Continue reading Review: One Hundred Thousand – Zodiac →

Top Albums 2019: Runners Up

There are quite I few to discuss here. Let's get into it. They'll be in alphabetical order, rather than ranked in terms of my enjoyment (that'd be a hell of a lot of work). Alaskan Tapes - Views From Sixteen Stories The starkness of the album art is telling. Views From Sixteen Stories is the … Continue reading Top Albums 2019: Runners Up →

Top Albums 2019: #3

Whitechapel - The Valley As I attest in my original review of this record, I was very impressed by Whitechapel's return to form after what seemed to be a downward decline with the somewhat awkward Our Endless War and then the mostly brittle Mark of the Blade, which did anything but set in stone the … Continue reading Top Albums 2019: #3 →

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 →