Our cranky gator found Lor back in 2020, but what will Lor’s bassist’s solo project Orchid Throne do for him? Find out here.
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The Ruins of Beverast – Tempelschlaf Review
Some bands are great enough to make Scuttlegoat rise through the January sludge of slam-diving. After all, why not take a break with some quality music when $lamuary fails to deliver? But sometimes shit hits the fan even after they escape the sewers.
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Ulver – Neverland Review
Ulver are a strange band and Neverland is another strange question mark under their belt. Starting out with its left field album cover, Neveland marks another shift in the band’s direction. This time we are in full deconstruction mode, floating in a vast space of possibility (or an abyss of it).
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Invictus – Nocturnal Visions Review
Join Bobo for his morning seminar on bear nutrition. Start by grounding your breakfast with some Noctrunal Visions, before you move on to the D that Invictus graces your tastebuds with.
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Enduring Revery – Rhythmic Reciprocity Review
The mix of genres and general feel of Carrier is still here, but Gibson has this time opted for a slightly leaner experience and focused on making some of the songs tighter in progression and intent.
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Lychgate – Precipice Review
Normally, The Goat Review has policies against covering releases from the previous year when the year turns. But hold Anti-Peat’s beer, as he’s been necromanced by Lychgates frightening new machine, that permanently steals your glance once you observe it.
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Pupil Slicer – Fleshwork Review
Fleshworks arrives with an album cover reminiscent of NIN’s art-style, and singles that sound even more commercial than Pupil Slicer’s sophomore album, Blossom. As someone who spun The Fragile on repeat for the entirety of their teenage years, the question sitting at the top of Croque’s mind then is: can Davies and co handle the commercial sound as well as a heroin-fueled Trent Reznor?
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Unsouling – Outward Streams Of Devotional Woe Review
There are many, many black/death metal bands. There are few of them claiming to incorporate the calm, contemplative somberness of darkwave into that. Can unsealing pull it off, or will Peat get gaslit again?
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Cult Burial – Collapse of Pattern, Reverence of Dust Review
Collapse of Pattern, Reverence of Dust strikes more vicious in sound than previous albums with an added focus on big headbanging riffs. And at the end of the day, who doesn’t want a big, fat, honkin’ riff??
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Crypts of the Unknown: Khonsu – The Xun Protectorate
