Somewhere up in California's Mammoth Mountain, beyond the shadowy mists and through mighty snow storms, there's a dark cave in which foul odors will choke you and where gross, echo-y riffs hatch out… להמשיך לקרוא
Not long ago the artist known as Theophonos, who is also the Artist Formerly Known as Serpent Column, unleashed what might be his best, most diverse, and violent album to date. I was… להמשיך לקרוא
Melbourne's own Cave Sermon started out as a pretty good instrumental project that was that rare example of the form where the music has enough drama and dynamism to carry you through. I… להמשיך לקרוא
It's been a while since I've revisited my "musicians appreciating musicians" series, but the coming of a new and utterly brilliant Ὁπλίτης (Hoplites) album is a great reason to get back to business,… להמשיך לקרוא
Boston's A Constant Knowledge of Death are a sleeper cell of blackened, sludgy, post-everything mayhem. The brilliant series of EPs they released in 2019 made my whole year, and, actually, made it quite… להמשיך לקרוא
This interview series, for the uninitiated, was meant as a way for me to allow some of my favorite artists to geek out on the music that inspires and moves them. Most of… להמשיך לקרוא
Life can be an overwhelming pyroclastic cloud of absolute stress and bullshit, sometimes, you know? This blog/website/cesspool was and remains my way of dealing with it, but, not going to lie, it sometimes,… להמשיך לקרוא
First of all, let it be known that this write-up will not include the words "melting," "crushing," or "chaotic," and sure as hell won't include that most problematic of terms – "dissonant." I… להמשיך לקרוא
In a year that has already produced some of the best, most exciting albums in recent memory, the analog devastation that is Capsule, the newest album from Dutch fuck-it-let's-call-death-metal duo Cryptae, shines like… להמשיך לקרוא
Ever since their debut release, the wonderful Den Inre Borgen / The Interior Castle I have been in L.O.V.E love with UK black metal project Spider God. And, as I stated in my… להמשיך לקרוא
Maybe it's only fitting that the entire world seems to be engulfed in dissonance just as that term, whether used correctly or not (don't ask me, I have no idea), has taken over… להמשיך לקרוא
A few years back, still very much under the influence of what had been then a recent AOTD interview with Robert Andersson of Morbus Chron about that band's final masterpiece, Sweven, I was sitting… להמשיך לקרוא
Garry Brents is not a person I would call "lazy." The man of a thousand projects and faces has always been "at it," so to speak, whether through his work in the wonderful… להמשיך לקרוא
Say you went into a museum in 1917 and say a urinal. Chances are, unless you're a urinal person, you'd be pissed (pun intended?) and dismissive. "There's nothing creative there," you'd think, or… להמשיך לקרוא
To say I've been eagerly awaiting a new album from experimental, droning, prog masters Locrian would be a slight understatement. The trio of Terence Hannum, Steven Hess, and Andre Foisy have consistently been… להמשיך לקרוא
Aight, I'd say another busy week, but I guess a child being born isn't just one other thing. So, yeah, that happened. And to those interested in the most important piece of info:… להמשיך לקרוא
