Quality versus quantity: an age-old debate. My artist of the decade—I can declare the position fully locked up even with three full years remaining—is Caio Lemos of Kaatayra, Bríi, etc. I’ve reviewed ...

Style: Symphonic Prog, Psychedelic Rock, Post-Progressive Rock, Orchestral Film Scores (Clean Vocals) Recommended for fans of: Premiata Forneria Marconi, The Final Cut by Pink Floyd, Max Richter’s ...

“With Arcade, Souls of Diotima are ready to redefine the boundaries of modern metal”. Statements like the above—a quote taken directly from Souls of Diotima’s Spotify ‘about the artist’ page—are ...

I’m no stranger to metal’s DIY scene. The small basement venues, bathed in fairy lighting with a permanent linger of cigarette smoke, hold a space for aspiring creatives to share their art in an ...

Style: Progressive Metal, Post-metal, Black Metal, Power Metal (clean vocals) Despite warming up to Onwards to Embrace the Echo considerably, I still feel that Sgàile is pushing the limits of his core ...

It turns out Boss Keloid have no concern for my needs, as the thick sludgy licks of Melted on the Inch are largely absent on Float & Aperture. In their place, are meandering melodic guitar phrases ...

Honestly? No fuckin’ clue! Februus, in my opinion, remains a crowning djewel of the djenre (even if it contributed to all the annoying djent spelling djokes). Sure, subsequent Uneven Structure ...

It’s my senior year of high school. Sunday School is finally over, and the unsavory teenagers I surround myself with are trying new ways to get fucked up in a Dodge Neon at the back of the church ...

I don’t listen to much symphonic metal these days, but it’s a subgenre whose fire I keep stoked in the home of my heart should they ever knock again. Albums like Once (Nightwish), The Divine ...

“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Listen to ‘Liminal’ by KINETIC for an hour and forty-six minutes, and it seems like a lifetime. That’s relativity.” – Albert ...

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Maybe more bands should try going on a twenty-seven year hiatus.