Opening with a majestic intro that shows the band to be clearly influenced by bombastic progressive hard rock, it explodes into the first song proper ‘Firefight’. This lies somewhere at a crossroads between hevy devy […]
The sophomore release from this industrial metal super group was somewhat of a surprise, given the rather drastic progression, which might have had something to do with the changing of members. Trevor and Donald (of […]
Now this is some seriously deranged stuff ! I have been hearing good things about these guys, but some of the praise was from the hipster contingent so I approached the release with caution. Despite […]
The marching snare and the dramatic synths are a good start, and the explosion of samples is a fitting culmination to the intro. The first song “Planets” starts off with more samples, all very sci-fi, […]
If you have read my past reviews for this wonderful site for any length of time, you might have noticed that while I rave on about some quite unhinged and out there bands and artists, […]
The last few years have seen an explosion of bands that are combining various aspects of extreme metal, electronica and industrial music. While their earlier forerunners often ended up being an abortion of nu-metal riffage […]
This is vibrant interesting metal of a decidedly experimental nature. From the first track “The Gathering of Ants” it has you hooked. Ripping melodious but heavy guitar work compliments a variety of rhythmic and vocal […]
Just a short noise, and straight to its hyperkinetic business. It sounds like symphonic black metal battling it out with technical death metal. Only when the vocals kick in (a misanthropic rasp) that the black […]
A rich synth starts out the album. It dives right into the meat of “Blood Tears”, which is a dark and extremely heavy slice of eerie classic sounding death metal. The sound is sculpted in […]
This takes you by surprise and rips your notions of electronica and metal marraiges to shreds as the opener tears out of the speakers. It happened to me. The band photos, website, lyrics and the […]
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