Our This Week in Metal post collects our thoughts on music released in or around this week in the music world. We cover mostly metal, but we consider other genres to allow our writers poseur flexibility. Follow us on Instagram too!
Cosmo's Chaotic Curveball
Somewhere deep in a Finish archipelago on a breezy and mild summer's day a smorgasbord is taking place. At a wooden table surrounded by many Finns sits a metal loving bat. Looking more closely he has a huge grin on his face as 70s aesthetic sauce is dripping all over his chicken parm sandwich. Will you join him? Is this the sauce of the summer?
Scuttlegoat's Curmudgeonly Critique
Vulvodynia has built a solid following and reputation, proving that slam could be a gateway for bands from second-world nations, and that brutish, hardcore-inspired violence could be a tool for self-actualization. But sometimes knowing yourself isn't good enough when all you want to do is punch a drummer.
Anti-Peat's Perplexing Position
For those who do not know, Nyktophobia means a fear of the dark. I imagine a full quarter of those reading this have started whistling or imitating the air raid siren. Nyktophobia don't have any particular ties to that sound, but it's still a good name for them as their fourth album, To The Stars, features a dark and emotional take on melodic death metal.
