Despite the hipstery iconography, everyone wants to love this beer… but it is an IPA with a sweet aftertaste, like banging a Sprite after having a nice austere IPA. For this reason, it drops out of the running among the indie microbrew offerings for alcoholism in Texas.
No CommentsTags: eureka heights, imperial IPA, IPA, microbrew
The current chatter in the underground surrounds the controversial Metal Threat Festival, which took place in Chicago, October 2-5, with a slew of international underground acts. It drew plenty of attention for its dream lineup and the rash of cancellations that followed, as many bands were denied their US visas just weeks ahead of the show. The promoter doubled down on controversy a few weeks before the event by adding the American band Arghoslent as an initially unnamed headliner.
29 CommentsTags: andrew lee, Arghoslent, brandon corsair, master, metal hypocrites, nameless grave records, ripped to shreds, white supremacy
A series of variations on a playful theme, the tracks of this EP create an ominous but playful look into the ambiguity of darkness, filled with both hope and fear. They achieve this with repetition of a trudging theme with lighter counter-themes that bring out a sense of adventure in the obscurity.
11 CommentsTags: dungeon synth, garden gnome, nightwave, soundtrack, vaporwave
Ah, post-Reddit metal: a bunch of sweaty basement nerds with an axe to grind against anyone who has succeeded — sort of like in late hardcore, which went commie/christian as well — raging about a genre that they could not reproduce or even understand.
23 CommentsTags: cancel culture, censorship, fuck christ, fuck liberalism, political correctness, riptide
One of our staffers is on location and liveblogging this epic and exhausting metal festival which stretches an onslaught of bands over three days. Best to bring your comfy chair and maybe a Kindle so you can sit through the poseur bands.
31 CommentsTags: absu, adorior, ares kingdom, Arghoslent, communion, crucifier, death strike, demoncy, diocletian, graveland, infernal war, Inquisition, invocation spells, magnus, master, Necrovore, necrowretch, omegavortex, sadistic intent, usurper, weregoat
With great anticipation, most of the metalheads in Houston crowded into the White Oak music hall to catch a massive bill headed by one of the most stories names in black metal, the inimitable Beherit. The excitement was memorable.
44 CommentsTags: beherit, Black Metal, houston, imprecation, morbosidad, true iron will, unholier
When you think of the impetus behind Sammath and Kaeck, think of cooking: a careful adjustment of the ratio and granularity of ingredients in order to achieve the perfect effect. Trying to meld aggressive death metal and sinister black metal requires precise intent, like martial arts or assembling nukes.
24 CommentsTags: Black Metal, death metal, kaeck
Founding member of At the Gates vocalist Tomas Lindberg passed on to the grey lands yesterday from complications of cancer treatment. History will remember him for their epic first album, The Red in the Sky is Ours, which created the atmospheric metal genre in a new form.
44 CommentsTags: At the Gates, death metal
While the review queue winds on like the river of microplastics and C. diff diarrhea that it is, it makes sense to revisit some favorite beers, like this austere IPA which delivers a bit of a punch but mostly a beer experience that is more like drinking wine.
26 CommentsTags: hopadillo, hopadillo juicy, IPA, karbach brewing
