September 29, 2009

Earache football scarf giveaway

When Earache Records approached me about giving away a “football scarf,” I had to Google what that was. I am a fan of neither the American nor the international forms of football. In the former, men in tights run at each other in 10-second spurts interspersed by adverts. In the latter, men run around not...

Gorod - Process of a New Decline

Technical death metal often suffers from a lack of melody. Musicians working within the genre tend to focus on chops. But France’s Gorod impresses with a balance of speed and complexity. On their newest album, the band wisely injects tunefulness into the equation. Guilty of DispersalSplinters of Life Credit goes to new drummer Samuel Santiago...