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December 12th, 2023 Features

High Spirits – Investigate the Other Side

…fan support, festival opportunities that it built up around that were totally overwhelming. Totally unexpected. Right away I was in this uncharted territory. There’s no playbook, there’s no script to follow in this profession if you want to say, or any kind of artistic pursuit. I did what I thought was for the best. Set a deadline for You Are Here, took a big advance, bought some recording gear that I thought I was going to be able to use right ou…

December 11th, 2023 Reviews

Astray Valley – Midnight Sun (Art Gates Records)

…o deliver powerful tracks that have that x factor to cement themselves deeply into the heads (and hearts) of headbangers everywhere. As a singer Clau Violette possesses that multiple threat angle of serene, clean melodies plus ripping screams to tear limbs as much as captivate in capable, memorable ways. When they wish to add a bit of djent, stunted work into the normal alternative/groove metal mix, you’ll get a Gojira meets Jinjer-like atmosphere…

December 10th, 2023 Features

Gama Bomb – Exploring New Adventures

…long period of time. We were able to work on this for a long time, obviously separately because of the time period. Because of the pandemic, it necessitated how we went about writing the songs over lockdown. We made a great album previously with Sea Savage, so we were happy with this new way of writing. I think before Sea Savage was out, we even started working on songs for this record. Philly: We had done a demo. We’ve been very lucky with these…

December 9th, 2023 Features

Kaivs – Decisively Carving Forward

…Kaivs’ sound is deeply rooted in old school Swedish death metal of the early 90s, especially with the guitar work. What kind of inspirations do you draw from that scene, and what elements do you try to incorporate into your music? Foam: We try to do it in our own way, you know? I can’t invent anything today, but we try to have something personal. Death metal is unconventional, scary – it’s not mainstream! As always, we required the Boss HM-2 peda…

December 7th, 2023 Features

Earthside – Turning Challenges into Opportunity

…cts. We viewed this record as an opportunity to firm that stuff up and really apply cinematic moods and instrumentation in the presentation of it – to make those elements more of a defining feature. Having this short film experience, in a track that really is so about the mood and scoring of it. You don’t hear drums for like 5-minutes! So that was a big part of the driving motivation – to have something out in that time period that suited the musi…

December 6th, 2023 Reviews

Rome in Monochrome – AbyssUs (Art Gates Records)

…but the crux of the band’s songwriting and performance delight sits squarely on the shoulders of these main musicians – the eight tracks wistfully casting shadows into these emotions and painful memories much like their influence bank of Opeth, Katatonia, and others in that category. Occasional circular spirals of music drift beyond into intoxicating passages of beauteous wonderment. Listen to the closing minute-plus instrumental to softer vocal…

December 6th, 2023 Reviews

Skiltron – Bruadarach (Trollzorn Records)

…the jig, holding a flame torch high, drinking your favorite mead to soothe your soul. Through Bruadarach you’ll get a solid sample of the creative output plus sonic infusion applied, in the end equally enthralling to hopefully garner more people into their coven. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5qpbghwZQw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPDzXYUv7lM Skiltron on Facebook…