Older. Heavier. No apologies.
Black Friday can mean only one thing: Black metal. Not really, of course. But in my heart, maybe, just a little. After all, black metal has (had, maybe, as it has grown so far beyond it’s initial roots) some mighty rebellious roots as far as establishments go. And, well, after years of engaging in the…
I appreciate ambition. I really do. Ambition will take you a long way, as far as I am concerned. Even if that ambition doesn’t pay off, I appreciate when someone puts it out there and goes for it. Case in point, Schammasch and their 2016 release Triangle. Talk about ambition. Triangle is essentially 3 albums…
You know, some days are just lousy. They are. I don’t care how positive you feel, or how positive you try to be, some days just suck. It’s like life just wants you to know your place. And that’s okay. Really, it is. Life shouldn’t be perfect all the time. It can’t be, if we…
Formulaic isn’t necessarily bad. Especially when the formula works so freaking well. But a formula in music should be a skeleton, a framework upon which something better is made. Yesterday, I was harsh on Tool for being too formulaic on their latest album, Fear Inoculum. But today, I am going to praise a band that…
