10 Best Technical Death Metal Albums of 2021

December 13, 2021 · by · in Music · Leave a comment

The tech death renaissance continued in 2021 with many albums being released over the course of the year. We received new music from veteran artists and newcomers alike. After sifting through a considerable pile of releases, I have compiled the following list of the ten best technical death metal albums of 2021. Presented in no […]

The 15 Best Brutal Death Metal Demos and EPs of 2021

December 2, 2021 · by · in Music · Leave a comment

2021 has proven to be a banner year for brutal death metal. If you’ve been keeping up with current releases and still hunger for more, sink your teeth into these brutal death metal demos and perhaps discover your new favorite band in the process. The following demos and EPs are not strictly ranked; my favorites […]

Carrion Throne – Descending Firmament Single Spotlight

September 27, 2021 · by · in Music · Leave a comment

Carrion Throne is a brutal death metal band from Chicago, Illinois. Alejandro Chapas of Epitasis plays bass and Joel Sandoval of Kataplexy plays guitar, joined by second guitarist Alex Rocha and vocalist Alex Corral. Their debut single, “Descending Firmament,” was released in April, 2020. This ripping six-minute song creates a dark, impenetrable aura around the […]

The 50 Best Albums of 2020

December 31, 2020 · by · in Music · Leave a comment

The short version: 2020 was rough for a lot of people around the world. While other outlets are better suited for writing eulogies to this cataclysmic annum, I’ll simply say that one thing keeping me, and many others, going through all of it, has been music. There’s been so much good music this year that, […]

Top 10 Djent Albums of 2020

December 23, 2020 · by · in Music · Leave a comment

Maligned progressive metal offshoot djent is alive and scorned in 2020, unscrapeable like tar on the sole of a shoe. Many people predicted that this genre would quickly fade from memory, a passing fad leaving behind nothing but bad tattoos and blown-out amplifiers. Blame Meshuggah for inventing the sound, but blame yourself for never giving […]

My 5 Favorite Remix Albums of 2020

December 17, 2020 · by · in Music · Leave a comment

The art of the remix lives on. These are my favorite remix albums of 2020. 5. Ultraísta – Ordinary Boy (The Remixes) Typically, an album’s worth of remixes of one song tends to be a rather dull listening experience; I could barely make it through the 2016 Skint release of X-Press 2’s “Lazy” single, containing […]

My 5 Favorite Live Albums of 2020

December 4, 2020 · by · in Music · Leave a comment

I haven’t been to a concert since March. In fact, I was at a concert just two days before my city went into lockdown, when I get to see Young Dolph and Key Glock perform at Sony Hall on their No Rules tour. It was a great show to go out on, and I’ll cherish […]

Ten Must-Have Merzbow Albums For Your Thanksgiving Playlist

November 26, 2020 · by · in Music · Leave a comment

This is not a normal Thanksgiving. The traditions and customs we’ve known so well, often passed down from earlier generations, have collapsed, ruptured, fractured into broken mutant variants or abandoned entirely. Who among us finds a Zoom call with otherwise obscure family members anything but awkward and forced? And for those flouting health orders to […]

Five From The Archive – 11/20/2020

November 20, 2020 · by · in Music · Leave a comment

Five from the Archive is a series in which the Court reports on five bands recently added to the pages of The Metal Archives. What unexpected wonders await in today’s edition? King ov Wyrms Fast-paced blackened death metal right out of the infernal hellscape of Phoenix, Arizona. The production is on point and I dig […]

Freddie Gibbs, Big Sean & Hit-Boy – 4 Thangs Single Review

October 30, 2020 · by · in Music · Leave a comment

Freddie Gibbs is major. In May, his album Alfredo debuted at #15 on the Billboard 200, a career high for both Gibbs and producer The Alchemist. The Gary, Indiana-affiliated rapper revealed the next month that he’d signed to Warner Records. Gibbs has been notoriously independent since his acrimonious 2012 departure from Jeezy’s CTE imprint, and […]

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