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Cult of Luna – Vertikal Review

By Alex Franquelli on January 19, 2013 in 2013, 4.5, Hardcore, Indie Recordings, Reviews, Sludge, Swedish Metal, 10 comments

I started listening to Cult of Luna with The Beyond. The year was 2003, the city was quiet and the light had been swallowed by the sound of an unspecified frequency – an electric wall of sound that made everything glow. And it burned so bright that I remained silent for the following, painful 67 minutes. I stopped listening to Cult Of Luna a year later. It was 2004, the album was Salvation and I couldn’t help but think that everything that had to be told had already been told. I resumed listening to Cult of Luna in 2013. Resistance became futile. And, yes, giving in was the right thing to do.

Neurosis – Honor Found In Decay Review

By Alex Franquelli on November 8, 2012 in 2012, 4.0, American Metal, Neurot Records, Reviews, Shoegaze, Sludge, Shoegaze, Sludge, 5 comments

Neurosis has been called many things over their storied career, from sludge to shoegaze to post-rock. Alex is here to examine these labels as he reviews Honor Found in Decay. He’s a deep thinker, that Alex.

Vision of Disorder – The Cursed Remain Cursed Review

By Alex Franquelli on September 18, 2012 in 2012, 4.0, American Metal, Candlelight, Hardcore, Reviews, Hardcore, 2 comments

Alex discusses the rise and fall of hardcore heroes Vision of Disorder and also takes a few swipes at Long Island music fans. Let’s hope Steel Druhm doesn’t read that part.

Kraków – Diin Review

By Madam X on September 4, 2012 in 2.0, 2012, Avante Garde, Dark Essence Records, Norwegian Metal, Not Metal, Stoner Rock, 0 comments

Madam X learns the hard way that reviewing isn’t always a happy picnic. Nay, indeed, sometimes reviewing is a miserable picnic, full of bees, rain and miserably long songs that don’t ever end. Norway’s Kraków is a hard, but fair teacher.

Trillion Red – Two Tongues EP Review

By Chalimar on January 3, 2012 in 2011, 3.0, American Metal, Reviews, Things You Might Have Missed 2011, Unsigned Bands, Sludge, 4 comments

When a band states that they make “truly unique music” or something to that effect, I’m always skeptical. Most of the time it just means that it a) sucks ass or b) isn’t “unique” at all, but just more of the same. Trillion Red, however, really do have a sound of their own, and it doesn’t suck. While you could just throw them on the huge pile of Neurosis copycats, it really wouldn’t do them justice, because there’s more to their music. It has the typical ingredients of atmospheric sludge, the down-tuned guitars, the huge riffs, the minimalistic drumming, the synths, and, unfortunately, boring and sometimes awkward ambient sections.

The Atlas Moth – A Glorified Piece of Blue-Sky Review

By Angry Metal Guy on September 16, 2009 in 2009, 3.5, American Metal, Candlelight, Reviews, Sludge, Sludge, 0 comments

The Atlas Moth – A Glorified Piece of Blue-Sky Rating: 3.5/5.0 – A mix of sounds that works very well, but doesn’t stand out for me.. Label: Candlelight Website: theatlasmoth.com Release Date(s): EU: 21.09.2009 | USA: 10.6.2009 Sludge, and many variations thereof, have definitely been working their way into the “mainstream” consciousness of heavy metal […]

Angry Metal Guy’s Playlist August 22nd – August 29th

By Angry Metal Guy on August 30, 2009 in Black Metal, Blog Posts, Death Metal, Folk Metal, Playlists, Swedish Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, Folk Metal, Viking Metal, 0 comments

These last couple weeks have been pretty crazy for this Angry Metal Guy.Â I’ve moved south from the fair city of UmeÃ¥, to the much bigger (and arguably fairer) city of Uppsala.Â While I miss Norrland, I do have to say that I’m quite enjoying certain aspects of the student culture in the city of […]