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Czechoslovak black metal is kicked off by none other than a bunch of Hellhammer/Celtic Frost worshippers. Who would've thought? (...spoiler alert, literally everyone.)

I thought of doing a reviews week where I touch on a bunch of records that emerged from the first wave of black metal, but 2022 has been such a buzzkill of a year that I haven't found the interest to actually do so myself. That said, it's still fun to try and talk about this Törr record, because personally, I think it's ... read more

I may be passing hot take territory into the depths of blasphemy, but I think I like this version of Beach Life better than the one on the remake. I cannot get enough of the raw guitar and percussion here, and I think just how clean and tight the drums are on the 2017 re-release kind of mellowed out the impact of the song too much for my liking, which really killed the momentum of the second part. Also the singing (and shouting too!) here is so despondent in a way shared by few songs I've ever ... read more

I remember literally having to mull over the four tracks that dropped on 7 for weeks because I thought all of them were weird and I couldn't quite process them. Yet in 2021, here I am absolutely smitten with the four first clues into "Once Twice Melody"'s sound. And I was scared I wouldn't like this!

I wouldn't say I hear a PERFECT song from front to back (Pink Funeral's constant glissandos in the background literally made that song -- I mean, come on) but Superstar comes close. That ... read more

"Waiting for the Knife" is basically this Mitski anyway, but I've always preferred her with a more passionate, emotive, expressive delivery. "Be the Cowboy" didn't wow me when I heard it in 2018, but I was still absolutely excited to hear this as "Your Best American Girl" is one of my favorite songs of all time. The longing, the sense of displacement and confusion, the anxiousness -- all of it is painfully relatable to me.

And yeah, this album is absolutely sick. ... read more