Articles by Chris Keith-Wright
Abscess Time is exception and serves as another reminder of what makes Pyrrhon so special.
Vile Creature forge a new sound and showcase a bold, positive path for the future of doom metal.
Another incredible 2020 addition to contemporary death metal’s ongoing explosive revival.
Dream Squasher is yet another fantastic addition to the band’s already significant discography and further cements -(16)-’s pedigree as one of the best sludge bands on the planet right now.
Plow is a thrilling introduction and Tarmak are definitely a band to keep tabs on, once again proving Ghent to be fertile ground for all things heavy and fuzzy.
Mizmor really has created a perfect hybrid here, though, and Cairn should be applauded across the underground metal community. I have no doubt it will be. It’s astonishing. Truly astonishing. Required listening by all.
Margaret Chardiet returns at her most terrifyingly visceral. Devour is a truly awesome piece of art – involving, entrancing, thrilling, thoughtful, and terribly uncomfortably human.
Transmission is the most fulfilling Darsombra release in their impressive catalogue.
For those who like their heavy music genre-blind and forward thinking, this one’s for you.
Phantom Winter are an incredibly talented band, and ‘Into Black Science’ is a solid album, let me be clear. However, Phantom Winter’s third album doesn’t build on their previous promise.
‘Corpse Fortress’ is an absolute triumph for Ilsa. It’s required listening in 2018 for anybody who claims to like sludge and doom. You’re not going to find too many better examples of it this year.
WITTR regain their crown as black metal visionaries.
Despite touring with incredible artists . . . and having had albums out on code666, Important and Candlelight Records, Vampillia continue to allude most ears, it seems. If this is you, finish this review and then get hunting some streams online. . . The band were simply staggeringly good.
This is easily one of the best split releases of 2017, with two bands at the pinnacle of their abilities.
Like those genius chefs of high gastronomy who pair two ingredients that on paper should not work, and yet produce perfection on a plate that has clarity yet depth, the split between Sutekh Hexen and Hissing contrasts but ultimately complements one another to form an essential piece of vinyl.
‘Cutting Pieces’ is an unruly listen, and morphs and mutates out of your peripheral view.
