2023
Kep’s 2023 Mid-year Top 10
As is my tradition, I’m marking the midpoint of the year with a top 10 list. The second half of the year is already looked stacked, so expect a good deal of change between now […]
avant-garde black metal
2023
Album Review: Thantifaxath – “Hive Mind Narcosis” (Avant-garde Black Metal)
Written by Helena Thantifaxath – Hive Mind Narcosis> Avant-garde black metal> Ontario, Canada> Releasing June 2> Dark Descent Records My god, does this album start with a bang: drums crash, dissonant guitars ring out, and […]
2023
A⁺pril Roundup
Written by Westin, Kep, Kirk, and Ellis Here we are again, folks, another month of 2023 is in the books. We wrote about a ton of killer April music already, but there are some things […]
2022
Album Review: Ashenspire – “Hostile Architecture” (Avant-garde Black/RABM)
Written by Kep >Ashenspire – Hostile Architecture>Avant-garde black metal>Scotland, UK>Releasing July 18>Aural Music / Code666 Records “Nailed to the high-rise, under the budgetary hammer.Do they sleep well, wrapped in irony?Better that than tangled in austerity.Better ours than […]
2021
Homeskin: An Unexpected Journey
Written by Kep Oh to be a fly on the wall of Garry Brents’ studio. At any given moment he could be wrangling guest spots for the next Gonemage album out of the Abysmal Specters and Sarah Allen Reeds of […]