Discography Deep Dive: Isis – Wavering Radiant

"Eyes are shut, feet are bare, for this journey I'm unprepared." Isis - Wavering RadiantMay 5th, 2009Atmospheric Sludge Metal / Post Metal / Progressive MetalIpecac RecordingsBoston, Massachusetts, USA So we've come to the final entry in Isis' main series of records, Wavering Radiant. How fitting it is that this segment always deals with five records …

Discography Deep Dive: Isis – In the Absence of Truth

Isis - In the Absence of TruthOctober 31st, 2006Atmospheric Sludge Metal / Post Metal / Progressive MetalIpecac RecordingsBoston, Massachusetts, USA Coming into the fourth album from American post metal quintet Isis we're greeted with an album title and cover art that differs from the expected formula for the first time in the band's discography. Instead …

Discography Deep Dive: Isis – Panopticon

"Our skin worn thin, our bones exposed, life reduced to ticks." Isis - PanopticonOctober 19th, 2004Atmospheric Sludge Metal / Post Metal / Progressive MetalIpecac RecordingsBoston, Massachusetts, USA So we come to the third full length record in Isis' career, 2004's Panopticon, which dropped two years after their previous effort, Oceanic. Immediately one look at the …

Discography Deep Dive: Isis – Oceanic

"All in a day, it changes everything." Isis - OceanicSeptember 17th, 2002Atmospheric Sludge Metal / Post MetalIpecac RecordingsBoston, Massachusetts, USA Two years after the band's first full length effort they would return with their sophomore LP, Oceanic. Boasting an even longer runtime that would eclipse an hour, it was also the band's first outing on …

Discography Deep Dive: Isis – Celestial

"Do you ever get that feeling that you're sinking." Isis - CelestialJuly 19th, 2000Post Metal / Progressive / Atmospheric Sludge MetalEscape Artist RecordsBoston, Massachusetts, USA A group like Isis likely needs no introduction, but I'm going to do it anyways. The perhaps unfortunately named group who took their identity from the Egyptian goddess and would …

Album Review: I am the Intimidator – I am the Intimidator

"I'll grab a slab of concrete and I'll cook it up and eat it like a real man." I am the Intimidator - I am the IntimidatorMarch 8th, 2024Speed / Thrash Metal / NWOTHMMiserable PyrePortland, Oregon, USA Never in a million years did I ever suspect myself of getting really into a NASCAR-themed heavy metal …

Album Review: Midnight – Hellish Expectations

"Why would I want you to die? So you could be free? Don't want to see you in hell, not next to me." Midnight - Hellish ExpectationsMarch 8th, 2024Blackened Heavy / Speed MetalMetal Blade RecordsCleveland, Ohio, USA Screaming back for more after the release of 2022's Let There Be Witchery, solo musician Athenar, under the …

Album Review: Spectral Voice – Sparagmos

"Swallowed into sleep of unknown deaths." Spectral Voice - SparagmosFebruary 9th, 2024Death / Doom MetalDark Descent RecordsDenver, Colorado, USA Spectral Voice are a name I've been aware of in the metal sphere for quite some time. Those from all across metal fandom's various corners have spoken highly of them to me, both the hipsters who …

Album Review: Chapel of Disease – Echoes of Light

"And with heart, I'll destroy all worlds, and with grave, I'll make mine burn." Chapel of Disease - Echoes of LightFebruary 9th, 2024Progressive / Blackened Heavy MetalVán RecordsCologne, Germany I hadn't heard of Chapel of Disease up until this year with the release of this, their fourth full length record, Echoes of Light. From what …

Live from the Pit: Chelsea Wolfe @ Club Soda – 03/16/2024

Chelsea Wolfe @ Club Sodaw/ Divide and DissolveMarch 16th, 2024Blue Skies Turn BlackMontreal, Quebec, Canada Having missed Chelsea Wolfe the past few times that she has toured through Montreal I finally got the opportunity to go see her with this recent appearance at Club Soda this past weekend on March 16th. I've been a fan …