Throughout Your Grouchy Friend’s life there have existed myriad musical passions spanning an expansive landscape of genres. Since running headlong into Iron Maiden, Metallica and
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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
Concert Review: Obituary, Pallbearer, Skeletonwitch, Dustbolt (Atlanta GA)
Date: May 2, 2018 City: Atlanta, GA (USA) Venue: The Masquerade Lineup: Obituary, Pallbearer, Skeletonwitch, and Dust Bolt – So a couple of my friends
Album Review: Primordial – Exile Amongst The Ruins
Primordial…how long have these guy’s been hanging around, and who of you have paid any attention? Not enough for mine, and the sad part is
Album Review: Black Celestial Orbs- Veiled
The essence of feelings and tangible emotions that music has the power to deliver is something that is sought after and in the world of
Album Review: Total Destruction – Marginal
Crust, death, grind, whatever you would like to label this as, Belgium’s Marginal certainly don’t fuck around. What you are essentially getting here is a
Album Review: Chloroform Cocktail – Limbsplitter
Yet another release from Unmatched Brutality Records, who seem to be on one hell of a roll at the moment as far as signings go.
Album Review: Terraforming- Jupiterian
Doom Metal is one of those genres that welcomes variety and often times creates an all around rumble that can leave the listener shaking. One
Forest King – Lore Born
With ominous war chants, thunderous horns, and bolstering battle drums from a time long ago… Comes, the Forest King! Hailing from Idaho, the band’s first
Berdreyminn: Sólstafir
Over the years Iceland’s own Sólstafir have been transcending the genre and captivating listeners with their own unique blend of rock. Incorporating an array of
Winter Thrice: Borknagar
Refreshing, Cold, Epic, and Folky are just a few words that come to mind when I first listened to Borknagar’s tenth studio album “Winter Thrice”.
The Metal Wanderlust 