Oct 30, 2021 Music Imperishable by Daygraves (Review) The latest release from the anonymous one-man band uses searing blackgaze to confront chronic illness.
Jul 1, 2021 Music Aurora by ISON (Review) The band’s latest transcendent cosmic metal journey features contributions from members of Oceans of Slumber, Aeonian Sorrow, and Lycia.
Aug 27, 2019 Music The Cosmic Metal of ISON’s Inner - Space Opens a Portal to Contemplating the Universe (Review) The Swedish duo evoke the universe’s vastness with a spell-binding blend of metal, shoegaze, goth, ambient, and electronica.
Nov 28, 2018 Music Weighing Souls With Sand by The Angelic Process (Review) The duo’s final album combines black metal and shoegaze to brutal, yet beautiful effect.
Sep 2, 2017 Music Cloakroom’s Time Well Is an Otherworldly Blend of Shoegaze Bliss & Metal Riffs (Review) These songs move in directions that are more interesting than the simple “shoegaze + metal” equation implies.
Jun 9, 2017 Music Homecoming by Sorrow Plagues (Review) Sorrow Plagues’s blend of black metal and shoegaze contains a few sonic surprises along the way.
Jan 29, 2017 Music ISON’s Cosmic Drone Conveys the Beauty and Terror of Outer Space (Review) This gorgeous space-themed EP blends metal and shoegaze to stunning effect.
Apr 30, 2011 Music Princess Ghibli by Imaginary Flying Machines (Review) If the thought of a band likely decked out in leather, chains, spikes and/or corpse paint ripping through the theme to My Neighbor Totoro fills you with delight, then this is the album for you.
Jan 11, 2010 Music Wind’s Poem Finds Phil Elverum Rushing Headlong Into the Void (Review) Put simply, Wind’s Poem is the most haunting album I picked up in 2009.
Jan 31, 2007 Music La Stanza Di Swedenborg by Vanessa Van Basten (Review) A welcome shot in the arm for the world of intelligent metal.
Apr 4, 2005 Music Sin Disease by Scaterd Few (Review) A real gem that hasn’t lost it’s energy after almost a decade, and whose impact will probably never fully be known.
Apr 4, 2005 Music Tell the Truth by Philadelphia (Review) I found this release interesting as a reminder of how far Christian music has come.
Nov 23, 2003 Music The Fall of Troy by The Fall Of Troy (Review) This CD surpassed any preconceptions I had concerning how a hardcore band should play or operate.
Jun 22, 2001 Music Ultramania by Seo Taiji (Review) Although clearly influenced by bands such as Limp Bizkit and Rage Against the Machine, he remains a one-man show.