Album Review: Chaotic Upheaval by Pronostic

Canadian tech/progressive death metal outfit, Pronostic, return this May with their second full-length album, the forty-two minute Chaotic Upheaval. Self-published, it’s the band’s first full-length release since 2015’s incredible An Atomic Decision. Reviving their aggressive take on Quebeçois tech, the album features ten outstanding tracks that showcase a spectacular revisiting of the band’s athletic instrumentation, […]

Bandcamp Friday September 4

It’s Bandcamp Friday again! Which means that Bandcamp waives all their profit sharing to bands on their site, which means the money you spend today will all go to the bands or artists directly. As usual, here are my recommendations… Replacire I first saw in Rochester many many moons ago. They actually played two nights […]

Bandcamp Friday August 7: Rachel’s Recs

It’s time for another Bandcamp friday! Happily they have decided to once again waive their profit sharing for artists when you buy from them today, August 7th. Details can be found on their article about the event, with a breakdown of the exact 24 hour time window this will take place. So I’ve once again […]

The Kingmachine, new track from A Fitting Revenge

On July 3 A Fitting Revenge released “The Kingmachine” digitally, accompanied with the announcement of a new album in the works. This is the first single off the album, and if this song is any indication, it’s going to be a good one! The album will be titled “The Omnipresence”, and is due out worldwide […]

Bandcamp Day July 3 2020: Rachel’s Recs

It’s time for another bandcamp day! Today, July 3, Bandcamp is waiving fees for artists for 24 hours, which means when you buy a band’s album they get all your money. Pretty cool right? For the past events I’ve written a list of recommendations in case anyone out there isn’t sure where to spend their […]

Bandcamp Covid-19 Event May 1st: Rachel’s Recommendations

Hello to the world of underground metal fans. As you may or may not be aware of, Bandcamp is yet again waiving their profit shares for a whole day May 1st (tomorrow) so that everything you order that day, 100% of that money goes to the bands or artists. Last time around I just spammed […]

Album Review: LP01 by Homecoming

I am just brimming with joy to bring to you this review today, of this incredible debut album from a self-proclaimed “post-whatever” metal band from Paris, France. It was actually released at the beginning of December of 2019. It’s no surprise that I missed it, because I often don’t find these amazing underground releases until […]

A Formal Apology to Leprous and the Album Coal

Back in 2013, Leprous released their much-anticipated follow up album to Bilateral – very much anticipated by myself, especially. I had stumbled across this band because of their collaborative works with another musical idol of mine, Ihsahn, and I completely fell in love with the sonic emanation that was that album. It was a life-changer […]

Album Review: Scarecrow by Scarecrow

Refreshingly vintage. Artist: ScarecrowAlbum: ScarecrowDate: September 2019 Genre: avant garde Here we have the debut album “Scarecrow” from the band Scarecrow, from Perm Russia. They’re a genre defying ensemble, mixing elements from Prog, Traditional Heavy Metal, Doom, Jazz, Blues and Psychedelia. It’s adventurous, it’s a bit strange, definitely refreshing and interesting… I found this one […]