Anaal Nathrakh: Endarkenment
The gates of nocturne swing open and the terror strikes from all directions with “Endarkenment”, the title track off Anaal Nathrakh’s soundtrack to the…
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R.I.P.: Dead End
A barren soundscape emanates in a future reality that somehow seems familiar. Overhead, the crackle of lightning zaps, 80s drums burst, and a grid…
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White Dog: White Dog
Don’t say it, don’t say it, don’t say it, don’t say it. Greta Van Fleet already exists. Ahhhh, said it. This is not being…
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Mastodon: Medium Rarities
Strangely enough, this is the third Medium Rarities album in three years by three different bands. Weird Al in 2017 had one, Cattle Decapitation…
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Napalm Death: Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
Frantic chaos storms the dim streets, lit only by staggering grenade blasts and booms. Discombobulation wracks the nerves and overstimulates the senses to the…
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Metallica: S&M 2
Metallica’s sado-masochistic sequel of orchestral wizardry descended upon the Bay twenty years after its iconic predecessor. S&M2 is not only a charming salute to…
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Manticora: To Live to Kill to Live
It has been an outstanding year for metal and the path of brutality continues as Manticora comes roaring back to heights James Cameron would…
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Be Well: The Weight and the Cost
Not only a wish anyone grants in the days of Covid, Be Well is the strapping new punk supergroup from Boston. Formerly Bane, Be…
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Duma: Duma
Oil and water. Oranges and toothpaste. Screaming and factory beats. It isn’t difficult to realize the juxtaposition. Duma‘s self-titled album is a musical ketchup…
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The Acacia Strain: Slow Decay
Slow Decay, the new album by The Acacia Strain, started as a slow release. Momentum was being rolled in from their earlier 2020 album…
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