Some acts seemingly live to defy classification. In 2010 when Horseback came galloping out of the North Carolina hills with their Relapse Records debut, The Invisible Mountain, in hand it helped usher in the whole “blackened shoegaze” movement that would become not only the taste of choice for quite a few metal fans (and fringe … More Review: Horseback – Dead Ringers
Do you like your rock with an edge? Do you like it sounding like it should be played in a bar that has a strip club neighboring it on one side and a pot dispensary on the other, and not so secret hallways that lead to both? Maybe a place where people still smoke and … More Review: Black Wail – All You Can Eat
There’s something almost primordial about a good riff, something that shakes the very core of our beings when the right notes hit the right timing. Some bands toy with the riff, use it as an accessory. It’s the fancy china hidden away and revealed for only special occasions. Other bands use the riff as the … More Review: Wizard Eye – Wizard Eye
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