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Retrospective: Alice Cooper’s Love It To Death (1971)
Love It To Death saw the original Alice Cooper band emerging from the psychedelic haze of their first two albums. Under the stewardship of soon-to-be-famed producer Bob Ezrin, the band reined in their free-form tendencies in favor of a sharper, … Continue reading
Abhomine – Proselyte Parasite Plague (2020)
Pete Helmkamp continues to snarl and rave on the latest Abhomine. His interests have always veered towards more minimalistic expressions of brutality compared to his former bandmate in Order From Chaos, Chuck Keller. Accordingly, Proselyte Parasite Plague shares the fuzzed-out … Continue reading
Save the cowbell, Don’t Fear The Reaper is a gothic classic
All our times have comeHere but now they’re goneSeasons don’t fear the reaperNor do the wind, the sun or the rainWe can be like they areDon’t fear the reaper ‘Don’t Fear The Reaper‘ is the most well-known song from Blue … Continue reading
Regarde Les Hommes Tomber discography review
Regarde les Hommes Tomber are the kind of band for which the parking-lot drinking session before going in to watch the headliner was invented: post-hardcore screamo with a djent tone on their self-titled debut, then incorporating more drone on the … Continue reading
Living in a neurotic world
How does one keep their wits about in a neurotic world? All lives have their troubles, but it seems to me that the notion of suffering in solitude, with grace and dignity, has gone entirely out of fashion. Instead of … Continue reading
Farewell, Mark Shelton
Like so many before him, Mark Shelton has passed on. As we grow older, they whose music we admired, whose ideal we saw fit to emulate in whatever meagre way we could, drift off into that great and final sunset … Continue reading
Pending resolutions
Aside from a musician’s technical-theoretical knowledge, the notes he chooses to play also reveal information about his motives and general mental character. Music of a populist nature opts for more instantaneously gratifying note choices; meaning any micro-movement, be it a … Continue reading