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2025 Album Reviews: #27
"Choke Enough" - Oklou
Genre: Alt-pop, electronic
Time for an album that I heard way back that deserves some praise. In all honesty, when I first heard this record, I thought pretty much nothing of it. I thought Oklou's voice was quite pretty, and some beats were fun, but I wasn't finding myself grabbed by the music. I don't think the context of my first listen helped, I was eating dinner in the cafeteria of my college, so it was kinda loud, ... read more
2025 Album Reviews: #26
"Fancy That" - PinkPantheress
Genre: Dance-pop, UK Garage
I'm admittedly very new to PinkPantheress' music, and even pretty new to pop-adjacent music in general, but I've grown to really like certain releases in the genre. I saw this mistake getting a lot of buzz earlier in the year, and I'm really happy that I ended up checking it out! I'll try to keep this review short and snappy, cause that's exactly what this album does, ... read more
2025 Album Reviews: #25
"Submersus" - Hell
Genre: Doom/Sludge Metal, Drone
Upon my first listen of this album, I commented on one of MSW's Instagram posts that it sounded like being boiled alive, which I meant as very high praise. I've listened several times now, and I still agree with that statement. I LOVE this project, in fact, I own the first three albums on vinyl, and have a 7" featuring two tracks from the Self-titled. So naturally, I was very excited to analyze ... read more
2025 Album Reviews: #24
"Grizzly" - Slaughter to Prevail
Genre: Deathcore, Nu-deathcore
Toxic Masculinity: The Album?
Aye, I'm finally making a truly negative review. Now listen, I honestly used to love this band. "Chapters of Misery" and "Misery Sermon" were really solid, brutal deathcore, and I loved those records in high school. "Kostolom" had moments of being pretty cool, with a lot of bad moments, too. I even saw them live back in 2019, they ... read more
2025 Album Reviews: #23
"Hymns in Dissonance" - Whitechapel
Genres: Deathcore, Death Metal
Deathcore has really been missing the mark for me lately. Its focus on what I call "the TikTok part" (insane gimmicky breakdown, obnoxious vocal gymnastics) has been turning me off from most releases. However, Whitechapel have always kind of forged their own path, especially with the ambition of "The Valley" and "Kin." I was both excited and worried when this ... read more
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Hello! I'm Xander, I'm a metal musician and noise artist, as well as an amateur reviewer. My heart belongs the the most to the two genres I make, but I've also grown an affinity for folk and singer-songwriter music, art and alt-pop, and dark ambient, but I remain open-minded, because I firmly believe that every genre has something for everyone.
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