A little over a decade ago, Smash Mouth was all anybody could talk about. Every radio, television, and, thanks to the success of Dreamworks’ Shrek, movie screen was feeding into the hype. The sound was tailor-made for the late 90s and early 2000’s: quirky, inspired by a new wave of modern alternative music after the grunge era was…
2016 is more than halfway over, and naturally, there’s a lot of new music to show for it, some good, some bad, and most in between. It can be exceedingly difficult to keep up with all the new releases in a year, even for those tuned into various scenes, and Thrash metal seems particularly daunting,…
For a long time now, German Thrash Metal act Assassin have been a personal favorite within the genre. Their debut full-length alone is enough to secure their place as one of Thrash’s most criminally underrated heroes, as it is nothing short of genius in its own right. I must admit, though, that I was somewhat surprised…
It’s always surprising to see how diverse such a niche genre as Dungeon Synth really is, and this diversity is ever-present within the epic, glorious, and beautifully understated new full-length release from Drochtuarach, Along a Velvet Night.
