“One of the great things about reviewing music is the opportunity to drag an underground artist from the depths of the metalverse into the blinding light of day. Sometimes that pans out well for us and, by extension, the artist. Sometimes we end up regretting our choice. The worst feeling in the world as a reviewer, especially one like me who has never written a piece of music in his life, is to say, ‘this album sucks.’ That feeling intensifies when the judged is but a singular human being bravely reaching out and handing their precious work over to us.” Art is pain.
