Katatonia’s latest album showcases the experience of a band that’s been at this since 1991 while also remaining completely comfortable in the hard-rock lane they’ve been in since the release of 1998’s The Discouraged Ones. There are 11 tracks and no surprises on their new album, Sky Void of Stars. The new release wastes no…
There are very few things that are more exciting within the world of music than a good debut. A solid start for a band is something that should get every fan of the style of music the group plays jacked for what could hopefully be a long and fruitful career. Proficient debuts give you something…
Atmospheric black metal bands tend to be a dime a dozen. For every genuinely exciting release, there are five or six more littering release days that sound frustratingly similar. I’ve heard a couple this year already that just didn’t excite me in the least or do enough to differentiate themselves from other bands out there…
“Never compromise,” Kirk Windstein rasps on “Confess to Nothing,” the third song on Crowbar’s newest and twelfth longplayer, Zero and Below. It’s a succinct order and one that the band has never really disobeyed during their 30+ year career playing in the decidedly unmainstream sludge metal genre. Decades and decades ago these guys blended doom metal stylings with…
This is not a Cannibal Corpse album but you can be forgiven if you thought that just by hearing it. What can’t be forgiven is anyone pissed that George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher’s solo debut sounds Cannibal Corpse-ish. I’m seeing a decent chunk of people who are kind of ho-hum on the album due to the fact that…