Reviews: MI Metal Shows & Albums

Here’s Our Opinion.

Edoma – Immemorial Existence

It races forward like a thoroughbred on the hunt, but has so many interesting and unique flourishes, time changes, and unexpected twists that it is clear the band are thoughtful composers.

…it’s low-fi powerviolence in the style of California bands like Despise You but done up Detroit style, with all the added filth, fury, and weirdo tech-y sounds that the Dirty D would bring to such a table.

Terminal Nation – Holocene Extinction

While the band is musically ugly, confrontational, and catastrophic, it is ultimately just the Mad Max vehicle for their message.

Gravecoven – Coughing Blood

The whole album is bleak and hopeless, yet incredibly, viscerally powerful.

Adzes – No One Wants To Speak About It

Listening might be something akin to swimming in the icy waters off the coast of Seattle, home of the artist.

Forêt Endormie – Une voile déchirée

On Une voile déchirée, this collective of talented artists find a different path to heavy.

Ôros Kaù – Imperii Templum Aries

…swirling and hypnotic, a psychedelic blend of avantgarde black metal chaos worship.

Eremit – Desert of Ghouls

Monolithic, yet with catchy riffs and foot tapping rhythms, the band treads a fine line on the release, pulling off masterfully what sounds like it could have been a yawner on paper.