Before getting started, I’d like to acknowledge how incredibly difficult 2021 was, and that far more than twenty albums helped me through those sometimes impossibly
Category: Review
Two From Everlasting Spew: Burial/Devoid Of Thought
Inner Gateways to the Slumbering Equilibrium at the Center of Cosmos – Burial Italian Death/Doom stalwarts, Burial, released two demos and an EP beginning in
Album Review: Deiform – Funeral Mist
I’m going to start by saying that “Hekatomb” is one of my favourite Black Metal albums of all time. The vocal performance on “Shedding Skin”
T(H)RASH TALK – WITH LONGSTRETCH AND JEFF, December 2021
Why is Jeff the Thrash Hound looking so smug you ask? Is it because he has some tasty food in the form of a pigs
Review Haiku: December, 2021
First of all, we’ve got to give credit where credit is due. A dude named Andy Synn used to write “Reviews In Haikus” for No
Album Review: Punitive Damnation – Lifelost
In the press release for “Punitive Damnation,” the second LP from the project known as Lifelost, helmed by a man simply known as Phlegeton (Wormed),
Album Review: Persona Non Grata – Exodus
About a week ago, I was sitting at home, just minding my own business, cruising around the Interweb, exploring for new Metal video releases, when
Massive Mega Review: Under a Godless Veil – Draconian
Draconian’s seventh full length release, “Under A Godless Veil,” as some of you may know, was my 2020 album of the year. Reviewing the record
Album Review: Intra-I – Theon Cross
It was the day after Thanksgiving here in the States. November 26th. My oldest daughter’s 25th birthday – a year older than I was when
Album Review: As Cold As A Stranger Sunset – Huronian
Huronian is a Melodic Death Metal band from Italy, and serves as another artistic outlet for the great Daniele Lupidi. DL, as he’s known in
Single/Lyric Video: Stranger than Myself – Zustand Null (Dusktone)
Dusktone releases fantastic shit. Brilliance on a new level, I say. They know what they stand for, aren’t afraid to take risks, and they always
Interview: Eloi Nicod – The Scalar Process
Several months ago, I began doing “Albums of Influence” interviews. That’s basically what this conversation with Eloi Nicod is about; four specific albums that influenced
The Metal Wanderlust 