Album Review: Danny Brown – uknowhatimsayin¿

Danny Brown - uknowhatimsayin¿ October 4th, 2019 Hip Hop Warp Records Detroit, Michigan, USA A few years ago a close friend of mine introduced me to Danny Brown's "Ain't it Funny" at a period in my life where I was branching out into different musical genres as a listener, with hip hop being my main focus. …

Album Review: Immortal Bird – Thrive on Neglect

Immortal Bird - Thrive on Neglect July 5th, 2019 Progressive Death Metal 20 Buck Spin Chicago, Illinois, USA Immortal Bird have been around since 2013  but for some reason I'm only just hearing about them now. While I haven't listened to their previous material, their debut EP Akrasia and followup album Empress / Abscess, their 2019 sophomore album Thrive …

Album Review: Darkthrone – Old Star

Darkthrone - Old Star May 31st, 2019 Blackened Heavy Metal Peaceville Records Kolbotn, Norway Old Star is the seventeenth full length record from legendary Norwegian black metal duo Darkthrone, who throughout their career have been known not only for a series of undeniably essential and influential black metal records in the genre's heyday in the early 90's, …

Album Review: Poppy – I Disagree

Poppy - I Disagree January 10th, 2020 Alternative Pop / Pop Metal / Industrial Sumerian Records Boston, Massachusetts, USA Moriah Rose Pereira, better known by her professional and stage name 'Poppy', has been an online enigma for quite some time. Her YouTube channel, originally under the name of 'That Poppy', consisted of a variety of content, …

Album Review: Midnight – Rebirth by Blasphemy

Midnight - Rebirth by Blasphemy January 24th, 2020 Blackened Heavy Metal Metal Blade Records Cleveland, Ohio, USA Midnight, the one man blackened force of crushing evil headed by multi-instrumentalist Athenar, has been languishing in relative underground obscurity ever since their formation in 2003. However, with the release of 2011's Satanic Royalty the band started picking up a …

Album Review: Thank You Scientist – Terraformer

Thank You Scientist - Terraformer June 14th, 2019 New Progressive / Jazz Fusion Evil Ink Records Montclair, New Jersey, USA I first discovered Thank You Scientist while on tour with my friend's band through the American Midwest in June of 2019. Coincidentally we ended up playing in the basement of the same venue that Thank …

Album Review: Kryptos – Afterburner

Kryptos - Afterburner June 21st, 2019 NWOTHM / Speed Metal AFM Records Bangalore, India Prior to listening to this album I had no idea that Indian speed metal revivalists Kryptos even existed, but good goddamn am I glad that I do now. Formed in 1998, the boys in Kryptos are largely credited for being one of …

Album Review: Car Bomb – Mordial

Car Bomb - Mordial September 27th, 2019 Mathcore / Technical Metal Holy Roar Records Long Island, New York, USA The touring life is a hard one when you're a tiny band from Long Island, New York trying to get noticed, especially when playing empty show after empty show at weird venues like an outdoor gazebo in …