Dripping has not done much since the cult release Disintegration of Thought Patterns During a Synthetic Mind Traveling Bliss, although a single released just last year might suggest that more new music is on the horizon — a beautiful side effect of the internet age is that cult classics can be revived and live on. The musicians have not been lazy, either way. Or rather, Ed Morris, a relatively new addition to Dripping who now seems to be one of its main creative forces, has not. Vacant Moley is a solo project by Morris that, in any way but name, just seems like more Dripping. Glaze us, weirdo slam daddy.
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This Week In Metal, 2025 Week 18
Another week, another round of Lhaäds, Lhaäd, Lhaäd, Lhaäd, LHAÄD, Lhaäd, Lhaäd, Lhaäd! And if you want to read the latest reviews for the new offerings from Lhaäd, and Lhaä—nah just kidding, Dawn of Solace, you can do that too!
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Dawn of Solace – Affliction Vortex Review
Our Gator went into Affliction Vortex already side-eyeing it, having basically written it off before even hitting play. And yet Saukkonen’s melodic wizardry pulled him right back in. Again. Is this musical Stockholm syndrome?
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This Week In Metal, 2025 Week 17
Another week, another round of metal reviews in the bag. Words are tough, so we assembled the highlights. And if you want to read the latest reviews for the new offerings from Messa, Ritual Ascension, Contemplation, and Belnejoum, you can do that too! Flavors of death and dooooom!
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Ritual Ascension – Profanation of the Adamic Covenant Review
Perched on a wobbly table, Cosmo clutches his peppermint mocha like a sacred relic. He lifts it skyward, eyes blazing with caffeinated conviction, and whispers with holy reverence, ‘Ritual Ascension… the bolo tie of Minnesota.’
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Contemplation – Au Bord Du Précipice Review
Once upon a time, Anti-Peat found a great life hack in a restaurant review, and that hack is pick the weirdest thing on the menu. Either the restaurant can deliver and you have picked something truly special, or they can’t and you’ve got a good story out of it. Now serving King Tubby’s favorite snack: fat fucking riffs.
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Messa – The Spin Review
The cruel, ever advancing passage of time spares no one. Three years, and a few mental breakdowns and depressive episodes later, Scuttlegoat finds himself confronted with The Spin. Will it make him turn 360 degrees around and walk away?
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Belnejoum – Dark Tales of Zarathustra Review
What happens when a bear tries to widen his palate with some symphonic black metal? Will it be perfectly charred or will it make him wish for death?
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Crypts of the Unknown: Incubator – McGillroy the Housefly
