After writing the review/interview for Orcrypt, VUK came to me with a proposition. He suggested that we try and write a trilogy of reviews and
Month: January 2021
The ProgCaveOgier – Best of 2020.
So, we got another note from the PCO. Tucked into the belly of a Bear in fact. Inside that belly was a Wolf, that had
Album Review: MOTHERS WEAVERS VULTURES – Grayceon
Grayceon is made up of Max Doyle (guitar), Jackie Perez Gratz (cello and voice), and Zack Farwell (drums). Their latest album, “MOTHERS WEAVERS VULTURES,” is
ALBUM REVIEW: What a Time to be Alive – Werewolves
Ferocity: savage, unfettered ferocity. Like the lycanthropically afflicted beasts for whom they’re named, Melbourne, Australia’s Werewolves dealt in this commodity on their 2020 debut “The
Interview: Imperial Triumphant
Imperial Triumphant provided countless hours of solace for me throughout 2020. A year so fraught with challenge and change, it’s no wonder music outside the
Album Review: Kvitravn – Wardruna
When you consider the modern Folk Music movement, we can be quite sure of one thing: Wardruna are on the very top of that tree.
Exclusive Premiere: Ectoplasmic Violation – Marasmus
Marasmus are a five-piece Death Metal band from Kansas City, Missouri. Their first two LP’s, “Mountains of Dead,” (2012) and “Conjuring Enormity,” (2015) are brilliantly
Interview: Revulsion
Revulsion are an enigma. They may be pure Arctic Circle Death Metal from northernmost Finland, but instead of jumping full-on onto the Finnish Death Metal
Top 20 of 2020: Mr Swine
2020, nothing gives me greater pleasure than to stand triumphantly over your wretched, disease-ridden, rotting corpse. But I suppose there is something I should thank
Interview: Bruce Moore – Brutally Delicious Productions
Black Metal is relatively new to me. Given my interest in all things heavy, it is a genre I have been exploring with great enthusiasm.
Review/Interview: Orcrypt
Orcrypt was a new name to me in 2020, but with an album called “Balrog & Roll,” the band did not remain a mystery for
YOUR GROUCHY FRIEND’S TOP 10 OF 2020
In what was obviously a tumultuous and unprecedented year for many including Your Grouchy Friend, so many of our taken-for-granted lifestyles, institutions and general modes
Interview: Sushant Rawat – Raat
Every now and then an album just comes out of nowhere and tattoos itself on your psyche. This is never particularly easy to explain, especially
The Metal Wanderlust 