O Titan of #2, O feculent figurehead, waste not of the waste we’ve woven. This week we’ve got vocab-expanding slam, single-coil grind, and David. The sea is soiled my friends, remember to bring the windshield wipers for your goggles. Dredge the ocean with me, and let me know what was missed in the Disqus depths! Cobra the Impaler – Karma Collision (Listenable Records) [Metalcore / Groove Metal] Karma Collision caught my owl eyes immediately with its John Baisley x Dark Souls artwork. Beneath the mantle of the mycologist lies bouncy, Gojiran grooves, simple, effective tapping leads, and layere ..read more

Clinging onto life by the skin of my teeth. Welsh alternative, reggae metal group Skindred are rolling up and passing around their 8th studio album Smile via Earache Records. Dropped August 4th 2023, for anyone that wants variety, catchy hooks, and intricate rhythms, then this is something to seek out. The tolerance for hip hop and metal varies person to person, but it’s made much more palatable with reggae being the main component in this concoction. In this day and age where metal feels more and more like a competition to find the heaviest sound, Skindred dares to do something different. It ..read more

Known unknowns. British thrash and groove metal act EVILE attempt to serve up some contemporary and progressive interpretations of classic sound textures on their new 6th studio album The Unknown. Released July 14th, 2023 via Napalm Records, the mileage of enjoyment for this project will vary depending on the listener. For those who want some thrash beyond the Big 4, then they’ll be satisfied. However, in a day and age where thrash has grown and evolved so much since its heyday of the 80s, it’s a little hard for Evile’s new project to stand out. While it does get lost in the shuffle and it fee ..read more

Driving with the devils. (This review was written by Gage)   “This is going to hurt… In the best way possible” The Californian Groove Machines better known as Devildriver are back at it again 20 years after their inception to prove that not only do they still got it, but that they’re still at the top. Dealing with Demons Vol. II is an absolutely crushing record practically made for the mosh pit. Every song is catchy, heavy, and full of the primal rage we’ve come to expect from them. When they released Vol. I in 2020 it was widely heralded as their heaviest work in a decade, and I’m here t ..read more

Decapitated’s seventh studio outing is upon us. Is it memorable? Does it riff? Does it groove? Will it blend? Good news: I have the answers to most of these questions! First off, I need to preface this review with a mandatory disclaimer: in my mind, there are few extreme metal albums that can so much as tangentially brush the awe-inspiring journey that is Decapitated’s fourth album, Organic Hallucinosis. The decidedly “weird” album within the band’s discography marks a separation between two takes on their sound: the straightforward, yet highly technical death metal of Winds of Creation, Nihil ..read more