Earth: Primitive and Deadly
Primitive and Deadly may be the dawning of another new era for the Seattle legends.
Dean Brown
Dean Brown is a Contributing Editor at PopMatters, and a staff writer for Decibel Magazine. He has also written extensively for numerous music publications over the last 13 years. Instagram: @thevinylandthedamagedone
Mastodon: Once More ‘Round the Sun
Mastodon's Once More 'Round the Sun condenses the prog of Crack the Skye into the structures and trademarks of hard rock.
Killer Be Killed: Killer Be Killed
Killer Be Killed neuters the creativity/ability each member possesses and instead favours a dumbed-down, sum-of-its-parts approach to appeal to a wider metal audience.
Triptykon: Melana Chasmata
Besides the spectrum of otherwordly darkness and light that permeates Melana Chasmata, it is completely human. And with that comes the burden of imperfections that hunger to offset the moments of true greatness.
Mixtarum Metallum IX: The Ides of March and the Death of April’s Fools
Mixtarum Metallum IX is consumed by ten deadly albums chained, or loosely chained, to metal’s monolith.
Floor: Oblation
On Oblation, Floor stick within the confines of the sound they created well over a decade ago.
Cult Leader: Nothing For Us Here
Borne of hard times, Nothing For Us Here, Cult Leader's debut EP for Deathwish, doesn’t lose a drop of the nihilism that made Gaza's music so overwhelming and startlingly ferocious.
Twilight: III: Beneath Trident’s Tomb
Twilight have slammed the tomb shut and are hostile to all visitors, leaving a disconnect between the listener and the songs outside of “Oh Wretched Son” and “A Flood of Eyes”.
Sabbath Assembly – “I, Satan” (video) (Premiere)
PopMatters premieres the video for "I, Satan", taken from Sabbath Assembly's portentous third album Quaternity, set for release on the 28th of March.
Conan: Blood Eagle
Conan have created six songs which are as brutally archaic and animalistic as the meaning behind their new album’s title.
Mixtarum Metallum VIII: 2014’s Metallic Dawn
The first edition of Mixtarum Metallum this year covers ten laudable metal albums released in January and February 2014 that we haven’t covered yet. So, without further ado, it’s time to get back to business.
Morbus Chron: Sweven
Although it retains aspects of the old school death mauling that brought Morbus Chron to the Boss HM-2 pedal-laden table, Sweven is much more expansive and experimental.