✦✦✧✧ I prefer my Testament without blast beats, as it turns out. Don’t get me wrong: in terms of composition, you can still hear the Eric Peterson of it all. And the band is definitely shredding, including new drummer Chris Dovas. But the band feels to me like they’re trying to be too many things at once, and not all of their experiments pan out. See the rest here
✦✦✧✧ Very shreddy middle-of-the-road classic speed thrash. If you like Morbid Saint, you’re gonna love Morbid Saint! See the rest here
✦✦✧✧ A thoroughly passable Slayer-adjacent album. Don’t expect too many revelations or surprises; even Death Angel vocalist Mark Osegueda sounds more Arayaish here than usual. See the rest here
✦✦✧✧ I was going to say that I don’t know who this collection of lukewarm rockers is for, but I realized that I do know: it’s for Mick Mars, of course. See the rest here
✦✦✧✧ Shake them buns! See the rest here
✦✦✧✧ Poppy Eurodisco industrial which still works well enough. It kinda reminds me of a more party-friendly Rammstein, or a more aggressive Yello, if that means anything to you. (Oh yeah.) If you’re not already a fan of KMFDM, this isn’t going to bring you into the fold. But if you do already dig KMFDM, I’m sure you’ll eat this up. See the rest here
✦✦✧✧ This is the second Static-X album to be at least partially constituted from tracks written and recorded by Wayne Static before his death in 2014. As such, don’t be surprised by the strong industrial nu-metal nostalgia that permeates this music. All that said, this is much more entertaining than I thought it’d be. See the rest here
✦✦✧✧ Man, this is the nasty. The production here both elevates and hamstrings the music; I really wish I could understand what the hell they’re even playing, but boy do they seem to be energized about something. See the rest here
✦✦✧✧ I refer to you perhaps my most beloved piece of critical writing ever, my previous Panopticon first listen. See the rest here
✦✦✧✧ This is catchy enough for power metal, almost shreddy enough for speed metal, and not nearly interesting enough for progressive. See the rest here
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