Something wicked this way comes in the form of Second in the Spheres, the debut album from Poland’s Massteron. Taking their main inspiration from ’90s black/death metal, Massteron feel like the real deal, imbuing their music with energy and authenticity often missing in bands inspired by specific… Read More »Track Premiere: Massteron – ‘Achronon’
Where they from? Magnicide are from Singapore and Punished Earth are from Belgium. NFL starts this week. I gave my joke Super Bowl prediction a few weeks ago (Jets vs Lions) but my much more serious, big-boy prediction is 49ers vs Broncos. It’s equal parts… Read More »Blast Worship: Magnicide/Punished Earth
After the MV teaser for NEXZ’s Upgrade was released yesterday, social media went crazy with Cortis fans accusing the group of plagiarism since many of its L.A.-based shots seemed to match the MV for last year’s Go. It’s rich of any K-pop group’s fans to… Read More »Song Review: NEXZ – Upgrade
There are a number of acts who have debuted in the past few decades and have dozens of song ratings on this blog. I thought it would be fun to lay these ratings out in chronological order, line-graph style, and take a macro view of… Read More »GHOST9: A Career In Song Ratings
Though many think of D.O. as an R&B singer or coffeehouse troubadour, his most recent work has actually been more upbeat and even dancey at times. He splits the difference with new single Guitarist, which takes the titular instrument in a funky direction. This is… Read More »Song Review: Doh Kyung Soo (EXO’s D.O.) – Guitarist