Mastodon – Hushed and Grim
I have a bit of a troubled relationship with Mastodon. I fell in love with their 2006 release Blood Mountain and thoroughly enjoyed the albums that preceded that…
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Spiritbox – Eternal Blue
I blame Kmac2021. An excellent musician who disguises himself as a YouTube meme, I first stumbled on his videos blending songs from the likes of the Beatles with…
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Archspire – Bleed The Future
I don’t even remember how it happened. It was most likely on angrymetalguy.com, since that is how I tend to find most of my new music. But I…
Continue Reading30 Albums in 30 Days: Vol 2
Two years ago, I decided to embark on a writing experiment where I did a write up for an album a day, over the course of the 30…
Continue ReadingWacky Wednesday – Paradise Lost Host
I have been listening a lot of Paradise Lost lately. One of the “Peaceville Three”, they were pioneers of the deat/doom subgenre of metal. But that death/doom style…
Continue ReadingIntroducing Terrific Tuesday – Funeral Doom Edition
When I first fired up this blog I had a couple of ideas about what I wanted to do. Initially I was mostly basing it off other music…
Continue Reading“Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Malia J
New music Monday is upon us. I had been wondering what I wanted to write about for the past few days. Simply because, well, I haven’t found much…
Continue ReadingMay the anger soothe your soul
It was always there. Buried deep within me. There were hints as a youth. Those hints started to become more overt as I aged. It waxed and waned…
Continue ReadingRIP Neil Peart
Wow. I really don’t know what else to say at this time. Sort of starts to shine light on your own mortality when one of the most influential…
Continue ReadingListmania 2019 – The Honorable Mentions
It’s that time of year again. A time of reflection, contemplation, deep thought. A time for serious introspection, for critical analysis. This is serious business, and sharing this…
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