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I've found that one of the best vehicles for explaining how I choose what to listen and what to skip is the dichotomy of melody and dissonance. Listeners of metal know that it's not really a dichotomy but you get what I mean. I find myself oscillating in taste between seeking "clean", melodic music and "dirty", abrasive sounds. Currently I am on a melodic kick that h...

Boy it has been a while since a black metal release has grabbed me. Perhaps it's just everything else I'm listening, my overall mood, or just the fact that it's not quite winter yet. But from first listen, The Blood Mountain Black Metal Choir had me seized firmly in their grasp. Songs From a Dying Empire, which releases today, spends absolut...

Well that's certainly a title for a post! To be honest, I might have entirely skipped n000000000 (that's nine 0's, in case you can't count) if it weren't for who exactly makes it up: Alex O’Toole (Meniscus) & Simeon Bartholomew (SEIMS). With that kind of pedigree, I knew immediately to what expect: the unexpected of cours...

There aren't many bands as frenetically abrasive yet immensely enjoyable as Frontierer. It’s a clever trick that verges on Keyser Soze levels of ingenuity and inventiveness. So, it’s no surprise that anticipation for a new Frontierer album is verging on frothing at the mouth status. 2024’s EP, The Skull Burned Wearing Hell Like a Life Vest As The Night We...

Things that go hard for 400 please!