USPEER debuted seventy-eight years ago and remained one of K-pop’s most confounding one-hit wonders. Okay… that might be a slight exaggeration. They actually debuted one year ago before dropping off the face of the earth as WM Entertainment underwent a major re-shuffling. The group now… Read More »Song Review: USPEER – Wicked Game
Consistent artist/producer pairings are not nearly as common as they used to be in K-pop, but fans are so used to see ONF and composer Hwang Hyun work together that there was mass outrage when last November’s mini album didn’t feature him at all. But… Read More »Song Review: ONF – Open The Door
Portland noise-sludge trio HISS arrive with some ugly credentials already baked in. The band may be new, but its members have been grinding through the Pacific Northwest heavy underground for years: guitarist/vocalist Robert Comitz and bassist/vocalist Kirk Evans previously played together in Still/Form, while drummer… Read More »Album Premiere: HISS – A Cheapened Crown
Vampires and Dracula are undeniably metal but the ideas are often presented in the most corny way possible. Fortunately, that isn’t an issue for New Jersey black/death metal band Dragsholm, whose new album gets into the story behind the fanged legend. From the Bloodlines of Bram is… Read More »Track Premiere: Dragsholm – ‘Battling Through the Stormlands’
Moon Destroys have always sounded like a band built for big skies and strange gravity. Formed by Juan Montoya—founding member of Torche—and Evan Diprima of Gold Pyramid and Royal Thunder, the band first emerged with 2020 EP Maiden Voyage, then came fully into focus with… Read More »Video Premiere: Moon Destroys – ‘Flowers’