Refusing to even entertain the idea of change or evolution, thrown prove as underwhelming as ever.
Category: Albums
Although Disgusting Sisters have promise, the arrangement of their debut and its approaches to indie- and alt-pop leave a hell of a lot to be desired.
Blind Channel largely remain fixed in modern alt-metal’s ho-hum ways, though some glimpses of inspiration count for a little.
On his first solo album in over 20 years, Tony Iommi’s standing as a legend of heavy metal remains all too clear.
Stepping into darker, more dramatic alt-rock only builds Against The Current up more, leading to some of their strongest, most confident work to date.
Through its noise-punk collage, PISS’ debut examines a culture of violence against women in harrowing, unfiltered, totally transfixing fashion.
Against all odds, and by virtue of showing more effort and investment than customary, Windwaker have followed the modern metalcore playbook and emerged with a genuinely good album.
In this Review Round-Up, punk and metalcore each deliver a pair of strong releases—Fake Names and Niis for the former; Gore. and VRSTY for the latter.
Rooted in historical bleakness and some of the most bludgeoning metalcore possible, Half Me’s newest is a satisfyingly savage listen.
The ascent to indie godhood yields its missteps, but ultimately, Fontaines D.C.’s newest album manages to impress all the same.