Castle Rat – The Bestiary Review
New York’s Castle Rat generated buzz off the back of their impressive slab of fantasy-inspired doom rock featured…
Sölicitör – Enemy in Mirrors Review
Sölicitör’s 2020 debut made quite the splash ’round these parts when 4.Öldeneye heaped glorious praise all over it.…
Motherless – Do You Feel Safe? Review
Sometimes, you don’t need nuance. Sometimes you don’t want prog-soaked journeys through inner turmoil, or post-whatever atmospherics that…
Ancient Torment – Follow the Echo of Curses Review
“Between grief and nothing, I will take grief.” –William Faulkner, The Wild Palms How do you grieve? Do…
Farseer – Portals To Cosmic Womb Review
Growing up together in the Chicago suburb of Cary, Farseer’s Brendan McCarthy (guitars/vocals), Ted Ballantine (guitar), George Burrows…
Vindicator – Whispers of Death Review
New thrash doesn’t hit my ears as much as it used to, and more than any other metal…
Abhorrent Expanse – Enter the Misanthropocene Review
How experimental is too experimental? That’s the question Chicago’s Abhorrent Expanse posits. It’s clear from the title: Enter…
Psycho-Frame – Salvation Laughs in the Face of a Grieving Mother Review
Deathcore doesn’t give a shit. There was a moment when bands like Lorna Shore and Slaughter to Prevail…
Blackbraid – Blackbraid III Review
It takes a lot to quicken pulses at AMG Headquarters. Driven to exhaustion by merciless overlords, constant deadlines,…
Theurgion – All Under Heaven Review
I’ll give it to the folks at Profound Lore’s PR department. As I processed the All Under Heaven…
Hibernaut – Obsidian Eye Review
It was only a matter of time before I found a group from my hometown to write about.…