No 'worst' tracks this week. I've got too many good tracks to talk about. Artists featured this week include Doja Cat, Duckwrth, †††, Open Mike Eagle, Soda Blonde and The Fierce & The Dead...
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Showing posts with label metal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label metal. Show all posts
Friday 11 August 2023
Tuesday 2 May 2023
Review of '72 Seasons' by Metallica
Metallica continue to stay true to their thrash roots. But with so few risks taken and such clunky songwriting, you have to ask yourself ‘is this really more enjoyable than St Anger?’.
Friday 26 August 2022
Wednesday 8 June 2022
Double Review: ‘Immutable’ by Meshuggah and ‘Parrhesia’ by Animals As Leaders
Immutable and Parrhesia both succeed in being face-meltingly heavy and impressively complex metal albums - even if they are both utterly exhausting to listen to.
Thursday 6 May 2021
Wednesday 28 October 2020
Thursday 26 September 2019
Monday 26 November 2018
Wednesday 5 April 2017
Wednesday 7 December 2016
Review of 'Hardwired ... To Self-Destruct' by Metallica
Saturday 3 December 2016
Thursday 17 November 2016
Tuesday 19 July 2016
Wednesday 29 June 2016
Review of 'Magma' by Gojira
Magma sees the French metal champs maturing like
camembert. In other words, they’ve turned soft. Softer but stronger.
Sunday 5 June 2016
Thursday 21 April 2016
Sunday 1 November 2015
Review of 'The Anthropocene Extinction' by Cattle Decapitation
San Diego deathgrind band Cattle Decapitation have dropped the hippy ethos. No longer are all their members vegetarians and no longer do they write songs about mankind's mistreatment of animals. Instead, they've turned to psychopathic songs about their hatred of humanity.
Friday 6 February 2015
Review of 'The Mindsweep' by Enter Shikari
St. Albans metalcore/electronica outfit Enter Shikari want
to be fun party animals and political activists, but don’t how to be both at the
same time. It’s a precarious balancing act that only the most skilled songwriters can pull
off.
Thursday 27 November 2014
Review of 'Bloodstone & Diamonds' by Machine Head
You can always tell a Machine Head
track from a number of motifs – namely lots of harmonic notes, lots of beastly
grooves and lots of blood-pumping sing-growling courtesy of Rob Flynn. Over
time, the Oakland metalheads have also brought in a number of new stylistic
features. The Blackening saw them garnering more
progressiveness and old-skool thrashiness, whilst The Locust introduced orchestral strings and
more symphonic tracks.
Monday 3 November 2014
Review of 'Soused' by Scott Walker & Sunn O)))
There are some people who understand the appeal of drone
metal and good for them, they’re clearly more open-minded than I am. Personally,
Sunn O)))’s schtick - playing one guitar note over and over again at a glacial
speed – strikes me as a waste of a fretboard and a waste of my time.
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