Word up people. I’m dragging my sorry arse out of the grip of self pity and shame in order to tell you about yet another
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Geist – Swarming Season (Cursed Monk Records, 2019)
It has been a while since A&E has been blessed by my scornful musings. I’d like to say I’d spent the hiatus pursuing my own
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Attan – End Of. (Fysisk Format, 2018)
Attan are from the northernmost part of Norway, so it’s small wonder that this is bleaker than a nuclear winter and as punishing as fuck
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Wrong – Feel Great (Relapse, 2018)
When I put out the feelers to the writing team on this one, I was pretty surprised nobody was interested, given that they feature members
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Minors – Atrophy (Holy Roar, 2017)
Fuck me. This is belligerent. In a good way, like. I don’t often listen to modern metal or metallic hardcore. It either doesn’t sit well
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Cell – Demo 7in (Drunken Sailor Records, 2017)
Fuck me. I was not expecting this. This is some bruising old school hardcore with a gnarled, crusty edge. Realistically I should have been passing
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Youth Funeral – Heavenward (Skeletal Lightning / Dog Knights Productions)
Youth Funeral are based out of the general New Hampshire / Massachusetts area, and Heavenward is their debut full-length album. Although, it is actually quite
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PEARS – Green Star (Fat Wreck Chords, 2016)
By way of introduction, PEARS hail from New Orleans, Louisiana. They formed in 2014, and weirdly are the first band to be signed to Fat
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