When an outlet as stale as Pitchfork brilliantly labels you โmilitantly adventurous heavy metalโ you must be doing something right. And The Atlas Moth from Chicago absolutely are doing something right. The first time I heard their 2018 album, โComa Noirโ, it just clicked. This is, on a base level, post metal. Very, very well … Continue reading 343: THE ATLAS MOTH
Tag: post metal
334: ALCEST
French musician Neige is a master at what he does. Itโs that simple. By taking Alcest from its raw black metal roots toward a far more unique and gentle atmosphere, he helped usher in a new post black metal sound. By leaning heavily on shoegaze influences as well, especially on some later albums, Alcest are … Continue reading 334: ALCEST
332: CULT OF LUNA and JULIE CHRISTMAS
Iโve always been a fan of an โall-in, for-keepsโ collaborative album. Recent examples from Thou and Emma Ruth Rundle, as well as Converge and a Chelsea Wolfe earlier this month demonstrate how creatively inspired they can be when approached sincerely. When a collaboration really works, it doesnโt matter what genres or writing styles the artists … Continue reading 332: CULT OF LUNA and JULIE CHRISTMAS
331: CULT OF LUNA
After nearly 25 years, Cult of Lunaโs absolutely crushing wall of sound delivery is unmistakable. It has grown over the years, becoming more intricate and complex, however the sheer power behind it remains unwavering. Theyโve been tagged with many labels - doom metal, sludge metal, prog metal - but the genre most applied to them, … Continue reading 331: CULT OF LUNA
324: DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT
Yesterday Der Weg Einer Freiheit (German for โthe way of a freedomโ) released their fifth full length album, entitled โNoktvrnโ, and it is incredible. So much so that Iโve actually changed my plans and brought the post about them up about 3 weeks earlier because Iโm so obsessed with Noktvrn that I simply must write … Continue reading 324: DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT
323: BLOODMOON
Today an album was released titled โBloodmoon: Iโ. The album is being presented as a Converge album, but is actually a collaborative piece from Converge, Chelsea Wolfe, frequent Wolfe collaborator Ben Chisholm, and Cave In/Old Man Gloom/Mutoid Man/basically everything member Stephen Brodsky. The result is an entirely other beast than Converge, and thatโs why I … Continue reading 323: BLOODMOON