Articles by Trystan MacDonald
Nothing's 'The Great Dismal' Is a Modern Shoegaze Classic
PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2020
Nothing's newest album The Great Dismal is so loud, it will certainly make up for all the concerts you haven't gone to this year. Fans of...
Pallbearer Take a Brooding Walk to Nowhere on 'Forgotten Days'
PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2020
If there was ever a year for doom metal, it would be this one, so it's no surprise that Pallbearer have returned with their fourth album, F...
Æpoch Work to Establish Their Own Sound on 'The Scryer'
PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2020
As lo-fi basement black metal and carbon copy metalcore bands seem to be dominating heavy metal's creative output during COVID, it's great...
White Stones
Kuarahy
PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2020
White Stones is the solo debut solo for Opeth bassist Martin Mendez. Given his 23-year tenure with Opeth, it's obvious that their fan base...
Kirk Windstein
Dream in Motion
PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2020
It's been four years since the release of Crowbar's last album so there has been some anticipation among the fan base for the release of fo...
Bloodbath
The Arrow of Satan Is Drawn
PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2018
The oversaturation of amateur death metal bands has rendered the genre stagnant. Countless bands imitate the requisite characteristics of t...
Sleep
The Sciences
PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2018
It's no coincidence that one of the prominent legends of stoner metal decided to drop their newest album at midnight on April 19, ushering...
Dead Empires
Designed to Disappear
PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2018
Designed to Disappear is an album of contradictions. Traditionally an instrumental group that played on the heavy side of prog-metal, Dead...
