Reviews: MI Metal Shows & Albums
Here’s Our Opinion.
Abstracter – Cinereous Incarnate
Band - Abstracter Album - Cinereous Incarnate Country of Origin - USA Genre - Blackened Doom Release Date - June 8, 2018 Label - Vendetta Records/Sentient Ruin Laboratories Author - Hayduke X Back in 2015, my ears found Wound Empire, and everything changed. I...
Atavisma – The Chthonic Rituals
…the strength is in the composition. One gets lost in it. The ritual is uncompromisingly effective.
Witchkiss – The Austere Curtains Of Our Eyes
Band - Witchkiss Album - The Austere Curtains Of Our Eyes Country of Origin - USA Genre - Doom/Sludge Metal Release Date - July 13th, 2018 Label - Argonauta Records Author - Johnny The Fox Sparse. Dirgelike. Funereal. All these adjectives and more could be used to...
Nasty Surgeons – Infectious Stench
There’s Carcass worship aplenty here though, with waves of grinding riffs, old school guitar tones, a rhythm section that gives the whole thing a little headbanging groove, and filth laden vocals that wash over you like used formaldehyde.
Arallu – Desert Battles
Arallu play a style of black metal owing a debt to the early masters, but infusing their music with traditional middle eastern instruments.
Kissin’ Dynamite – Ecstasy
Band - Kissin’ Dynamite Album - Ecstasy Country of Origin - Germany Genre - Metal Release Date - July 6, 2018 Label - Metal Blade Author - Mannerheim Blowing in with the pop metal fury of the early 1990’s, Kissin’ Dynamite fully embodies the throwback vibe that they...
1968 – Ballads of the Godless
Band - 1968 Album - Ballads of the Godless Country of Origin - UK Genre - Stoner metal Release Date - July 6, 2018 Label - HeviSike Author - Mannerheim Everything one would want to know about their style, influence, and attitude can be found in just their name; 1968....
Taphos – Demo MMXVI & 7″ EP MMXVII CD
Band - Taphos Album - Demo MMXVI & 7” EP MMXVII CD Country of Origin - Denmark Genre - Death Metal Release Date - April 6th, 2018 Label - Blood Harvest Records Author - The Great Mackintosh I have never believed in conspiracy...
Track Debut: “Unsetting” by Lucius Fox
Local, Kalamazoo MI band, Lucius Fox has a new album coming out June 22, 2018 and we have an exclusive track before it hits the streets! Check out Unsetting, a heavy-hitting, prog-laden instrumental track, right here, and watch for the full album, "TRAPPIST-1" later...
Ministry at 20 Monroe Live
Get inside the memorable Ministry show at 20 Monroe Live. The show saw the legendary Ministry bring their politically charged industrial metal to Grand Rapids with Chelsea Wolfe and The God Bombs.