I've toyed around with how I want my music to sound for a while, but I think with this album I'm getting closer to what I'm envisioning. Currently the drums are programmed since I don't have a drum set, nor do I know how to play drums. If even one person checks it out I'll be eternally grateful, thanks!

Solid debut from Screamo band Infant Island. There's a certain dreaminess to it which I usually appreciate from Screamo so that's a plus, though the mixing is a little bit off, especially with the drums. Still good though.

Though I prefer Vile Luxury for it's moments of avant-garde insanity and intensity, this is also pretty good. The jazz influence isn't quite there yet other than a free jazz song that closes the album, but I think this album differentiates itself from their other ventures enough to still be interesting.

Chernobyl Blues is one of the most intense pieces of music I have ever had the pleasure of listening to. Especially the ending when it ramps up even more, so much that it kinda scared me. The jazzy passages are elegant yet eerie at times, black/death metal passages are rife with insane vocals, weird dissonant chords, excellent drumming, and I could go on but you get the point. The way the band is able to transition from these two extremes of music (yes I know jazz can be weird and chaotic too) ... read more

Nothing Left to Love is one of the few Melodic Metalcore albums that I still really get something out of. I gravitated towards clean singing and poppy "metalcore" when I first embarked on my "metal journey" as I'd say. Though I vividly remember however how different this album in specific made me feel. For one, the clean vocals are sparse, really showing up here and there until the final song where they are at the forefront, but instead of sounding whiny like many of these ... read more

It would be one thing if they blended all these completely different genres and they all sounded decent, but everything sounds so, so bad. The "metal" is the only thing that sounds okay, but even then it sounds overcompressed to hell and the vocals are still unbearable. This feels like they really thought they were doing something thought provoking, something experimental, but being experimental isn't enough for something to be good, it actually has to SOUND good. (Even then I ... read more

This is a weird album, but in a good way. The instrumentation is stripped back but there's a lot of loud breakout moments too. Not a fan of the title track and the second to last song though, I don't understand their inclusion in the album.

Fantastic little EP from Post Rock outfit Maruja. The performances from everyone are very solid and there's a lot of cool ideas, and God damn that sax sounds great.

Some very good Jazz, I haven't listened to a whole ton of Jazz other than just playing in a jazz band. But when this is good, it's REAL good. I'm not huge on some of the country sounding tracks but since this is a soundtrack I'll let it slide.

Side note: The trombone (?) playing the bass line in Too Good Too Bad is playing the Chameleon bass line verbatim, it's amazing.

Masse critique is a killer open to the album, it blasts you with these harsh dissonant electronics, pained vocals, and avant-garde esque drums. I've never listened to a power electronics album but the opener is a hook, line, and sinker. The electronics really give this album a haunting atmosphere that prevails through the whole runtime.

There's a lot of the usual Plebeian Grandstand stuff here, though it sounds like a good mix of Lowgazers and False Highs, True Lows. Tropisme is probably the ... read more

just a neat little Emoviolence EP with some black metal influences here and there. I think the vocals could definitely be worked on though. This is a very young band however, so I'm interested to see what they do next.

An absolutely crushing and huge atmosphere emanates from this album. To me this is a slightly better example of "doomgaze" than The Angelic Process (as much as I love them).

Pure blackened mathcore.

Can this band please just chill with these post-rock passages? They weren't good on New Bermuda and they're even worse now. The drums are impressively played however they are a tad too loud. This album doesn't have much texture, just a lot of empty riffs and boring post-rock passages. The vocals are good as usual, but can we talk about Night People? This is most definitely the worst Deafheaven song by far. Why did they make this song? It sounds nothing like the rest of the album and feels like ... read more

Look, it's FINE I'll give it that. There's nothing egregiously awful but there's a lot of questionable choices they made. The drums are just a little too loud to my liking. 2 fade outs is a little too much, a lot of the post rock passages are just kinda bland but they're not bad, and the vocals are... meh. Most of everything on here is just okay, there's a few standout moments but there's nothing that even comes close to even Roads to Judah, much less Sunbather.

Nothing too groundbreaking, just some solid noisy sludge metal.

Olhava is able to create a soundscape that enthralls the ears, bringing the listener to another world. The intensity isn't lost though, in fact the atmosphere only strengthens it. This album reaffirms to me that blackgaze is alive and well.

Edit: Raised score from 95 to 100. Masterpiece.

I'm sorry but I do not understand the appeal. The vocals just sound off, maybe that's because I've listened to Vein.fm enough that hearing their vocalist in a completely different genre is off-putting, but that doesn't change anything, I still don't like it all that much. There are much better Alt Metal and/or Shoegaze records to choose from.

Just some solid Sludgy Black metal.

Polybird's follow up to Abstractions is even more creative and experimental.