Inkster reluctantly left the venue when the gig ended, wishing to have stayed for a few more songs, and dreading the journey back home. Find out what makes reality dissolve if only for a short while in this timely gig report.
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This Week In Metal, 2024 Week 20
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 Inter Arma, Folterkammer, Infestus, and Moisson Livide, you can do that too!
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Moisson Livide – Sent Empèri Gascon Review
Folk metal is typically one of the more repellent genres of metal according to Cosmo’s tastes. But will Moisson Livide, with their more extreme edge to what is normally very power metal-forward folk metal be able to melt his blackened bat heart?
Read moreThis Week In Metal, 2024 Week 13
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 Saturday Night Satan, Suldusk, Dionysiaque, Eden’s Decay, and Vorga, you can do that too!
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Vorga – Beyond the Palest Star Review
I was pretty excited when Vorga’s sophomore album was announced. Sporting another stellar cover art by Adam Burke, it looked to be a direct continuation of their debut. However, it seems that along the way, there were a few mishaps. Will their new output pale in comparison?
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This Week In Metal, 2024 Week 9
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 Fathomless Ritual, Stygian Crown, Cyberaktif, Griffon, and Golden Core, you can do that too!
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Griffon – De Republica Review
Taking a decidedly anti-authoritarian and perhaps even antifascist perspective, each song here is about a different time period in history, with the prime focus being French history. Every track takes on a melancholic tinge, and can be considered laments, because nothing feels triumphant. What a Monday pick-me-up!
Read moreThis Week In Metal, 2024 Week 4
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 Cognizance, Narzissus, The Oldest House, Resin Tomb, and Junta, you can do that too!
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Narzissus – Akt III: Erlösung Review
Metalligator had no clue what to expect when looking at the odd album cover for Akt III: Erlösung. Some kind of raw black metal produced into harsh noise? Austrian one-man act Narzissus turns out to be a neighbor of that genre: melodic black metal, but not any kind of meloblack. Anti-Nazi meloblack. Yeah, that’s right. Fuck Nazis, no disclaimer here!
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Crypts of the Unknown: Incubator – McGillroy the Housefly
