JH Statts
Articles by JH Statts
If you are looking for a solid hardcore record (being very genre-specific), look no further. If you are looking for a solid record, period, Centuries has what you need. – By JH Statts
Suicide Black Snake is the band’s ninth studio album, and it is classic Integrity. – By JH Statts
… what I know about Texas… down here, you’re on your own. – By JH Statts
It doesn’t get much better than Hessian. This monstrous, blackened-hardcore/grind spewing beast of a wolf is on the prowl. The moon better watch its back. – By JH Statts
All in all, Lucfer Leviathan Logos is a successful record. Musically, it is spot-on. Vocally, it could use a little work. – By JH Statts
This has got to be the catchiest doom out there at the moment. It is completely infectious. – By JH Statts
If you’re looking to be pummeled, dragged, and trapped under tons of debris, Cold Blue Mountain has the ticket to your funeral. Maybe you’ll survive. Maybe. If so, you’ll be better for it. Believe me. – By JH Statts
Bristol’s two piece noise-rockers Pohl release their EP Pohlsmoker. Fans of Big Business, Death From Above 1979, and Black Cobra will most likely dig this release. – By JH Statts.
Earthling is a rad band and Dark Path sounds like an honest record. No gimmicks, just a good chunk of metal from a very talented band. – By JH Statts.
Acceptance/Rebuild is a two track study in experimental Black Metal, with elements of sludge, drone, doom, and even shoegaze thrown in for good measure. The results are quite creepy, and just as successful. – By JH Statts.
Lightning Swords Of Death’s new record Baphometic Chaosium rocks in a way that is different from most Black Metal. Maybe it’s the L.A. connection, or maybe it’s just a coincidence. Either way, it is quite good. Maybe it is pretty great; not just quite good. One of the best the genre has to offer? I guess time will tell. – By JH Statts.
South American Black Metal Mist Patria is back with thirteen gloriously dark tracks on Nihil Est Monastica, a great record that should appear on many top ten lists for 2013. – By JH Statts
In an age when a lot of black and/or death metal bands care more for flashy technical musicianship over quality writing, it is quite refreshing to hear songs that have a bit of (black) soul; organic, layered, and ambient, as well as being crushingly brutal.
