Authors: Bryer Wharton
Instruments of Sadism: Sweden’s Antichrist
It feels like a privilege to get some questions answered by the not-so-self-promoting Swedish thrash attack that is Antichrist. It’s a rare insight into a band that largely keeps internet information sparse other than when they are playing shows—in an age where most bands use every nugget of cyberspace to talk about their band. … read more
Local Reviews: Dethrone the Sovereign
Dethrone the Sovereign have offered up some damn interesting metalcore, death, prog and black metal sounds on their first official demo. The order of the songs chronicles the bands musical progression, since the songs are tracked in the order they were written. … read more
Local Reviews: Killbot
Killbot = 3 Inches of Blood + Mercyful Fate + Venom … read more
Local Reviews: Rummys
Rummys = Frank Zappa + Cheap Trick + Marilyn Manson + Joan Jett + Steppenwolf … read more
Local Reviews: Little Sap Dungeon/Perception Cleanse/Perception
Little Sap Dungeon/Perception Cleanse Perception = Front Line Assembly (pre-Millenium) + Velvet Acid Christ + Bile + Hocicio … read more
Local Reviews: Such Vengeance
If you’re a fan of modern melodic metalcore, Such Vengeance has created an album worth listening to. The five piece band from Pleasant Grove sounds like a band that could be signed with the likes of Roadrunner, Victory, or Solid State records. … read more
Covenant of Death – Steve Tucker of Morbid Angel
In 1997, when vocalist/bassist Steve Tucker replaced David Vincent, Morbid Angel went into an arguably experimental phase, sounding quite different from the more death/thrash–influenced first four albums from the band. … read more
Local Reviews: Monarch
Salt Lake City’s Monarch have offered up a fairly somber modern post-grunge EP with five tracks running a little over a half an hour. That’s a good number of new tunes for an EP. There are moments on the EP when vocalist Aaron Pulsipher sounds like a dead ringer for the singer of Disturbed. Fortunately for him they’re just moments, and Pulsipher showcases a broader vocal range that is a great vehicle for darkened mid-tempo tracks. … read more
Local Reviews: Ravings of a Madman
Yes, it’s true I suffer from white man’s syndrome: I have absolutely no rhythm. That’s what makes critiquing any musicians’ work difficult. If I attempted an instrument I’d fail horribly. All that said, Ravings of a Madman’s self-titled album doesn’t suck or anything, but with any band there is room for improvement. For ROAM it lies mainly in the songwriting. … read more
Local Reviews: The Mighty Curse
Admittedly, I was a bit confused when I first spun the latest EP from Salt Lake City’s The Mighty Curse. It is a mishmash of styles, and the vocals are so obviously bad that you know even the members probably laugh at them. The first thing I should have done was the last thing I did, and that was go to their MySpace page. … read more