TRENDZ have become one of my biggest frustrations in K-pop. They had such a good thing going with last year’s mega-banger Go Up, but a piecemeal approach to collaborators has resulted in music that feels haphazard and incongruous. new single Chameleon (카멜레온) might as well… Read More »Song Review: TRENDZ – Chameleon
After a lengthy hiatus, RIIZE are gearing up for their first full album in a few weeks’ time. Teasers have promised a strong visual component and that kicks off with today’s pre-release single Bag Bad Back. Though RIIZE’s music has been high-quality across the board… Read More »Song Review: RIIZE – Bag Bad Back
Barrelling out of Chicago with the sort of unhinged lunacy normally reserved for the most throat shredding and finger callousing ends of Finnish hardcore comes Stress Positions. Formed in the year of shelter-in-place (2020), featuring former members of C.H.E.W. and led by firebrand frontmanic Stephanie… Read More »Track Premiere: Stress Positions Put the Savage into Savagery with “Salbahe Ako”
Sadly, our fine feathered friend, Waldo, pecked off a few years ago and is no longer reviewing the latest extreme metal releases for us, but we’re quite sure that he would have lost his shit (as he was prone to do after squawking “Bombs away!”)… Read More »Video Premiere: King Parrot – “Get What Ya Given”
You probably wouldn’t expect a band featuring current and former members of All Pigs Must Die, The Red Chord and Cable to sound like Black Sabbath, but that’s exactly what you get with Bloodhorse and their new tune, “Saboteur.” Bloodhorse have been quiet since releasing last album Horizoner in… Read More »Track Premiere: Bloodhorse – ‘Saboteur’