Atlanta’s Thomas Howard, who makes music as Orchid Mantis, surprised listeners last month with an unannounced album drop on Bluesky. […] The post Album Review: Orchid Mantis – ‘rain tape’ appeared first on The Alternative.
Progressive death metal lunatics Pyrrhic Salvation—a multi-state collab—are back with a new 20-minute EP, When Society Crumbles, which includes the title track divided into three expansive parts and an additional track, “Every Last Soul Unmade.” The EP is a rush of terse and atonal death metal peppered… Read More »Full EP Stream: Pyrrhic Salvation –When Society Crumbles
Toronto sludge crew Pyres have taken a long journey to get to their second album, Yun. The follow-up to their last release, first album Year of Sleep in 2013, Yun is a testament to Pyres’ resilience, the band overcoming grief, lineup changes and a years long hibernation to get to this point. Yun will… Read More »Video Premiere: Pyres – ‘Some, Not All, Came Back’
The title of EVNNE’s new single practically begs for a snarky review. The quotes write themselves, but the truth is K-pop songs are rarely hot messes anymore. The industry has become too streamlined and safe for things like that to happen. This Hot Mess also… Read More »Song Review: EVNNE – Hot Mess
The Alternative Weekly Roundup is a column where our staff plugs a variety of new releases in a concise, streamlined […] The post The Alt Weekly Roundup (2/10/25) appeared first on The Alternative.