SCALP – Domestic Extremity
Domestic Extremity is an album that can be recommended to hardcore veterans and that-one-friend-who-isn’t-really-that-into-heavy-music alike. SCALP knows their job and they do it well.
EYES – Underperformer
These tracks are great for getting the blood pumping, and they urge you to get up and flail around.
Interview – Serena Cherry and Liam Phelan of Svalbard
A day before their third album was set for release, I talked with Serena Cherry and Liam Phelan of Svalbard. What unfolded was a conversation about the sexism that exists within music publications, sketches of the band members as dogs, the final shows before the Covid lockdown, and the spectacular graphics of video games in 2001.
SHUT IT DOWN: Benefit For The Movement For Black Lives
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xIronSharpensIronx – Dehumanized Video Premiere
Video premiere for Dehumanized from The Tragedy of Mankind by xIronSharpensIronx
Bitter Truth – The Voice of the Unheard
The riffs are chunky and the grooves have a good momentum to them, but this kind of music is usually all about the lyrics and the emotion behind their composition and delivery.
Terminal Nation – Holocene Extinction
While the band is musically ugly, confrontational, and catastrophic, it is ultimately just the Mad Max vehicle for their message.
xIron Sharpens Ironx – The Tragedy of Mankind
This genre-defying album throws all emotions into the mix to really bring home the message.
BEAR – Propaganda
Overall, if I were to describe Propaganda with one word it would be “stimulating”; the lyrics made me think, the music made me move, and I was never bored.
Foes – American Violence
If you listen and feel crushed, you’ve gotten the picture.