May 4, 2009

Big brothers and metal

My sister is 17, so we have a large age gap. We have lived apart from each other all our lives. Whenever I see her, something’s different – she’s taller, has glasses, has contacts, and so on. Hoping to influence her tastes, I’ve given her various albums over the years. Some have been hits (Ken...

Teitanblood - Seven Chalices

2xLP w/ included A4 booklet Sometimes reverb rules. Seven Chalices (Noevdia/AJNA Offensive/Dauthus, 2009) recalls classic “wet” sounds like Pleasure to Kill, Hell Awaits, and early Bathory. Five of its 11 tracks are interludes, forming almost a quarter of the record. This could be as bad as hip-hop, but the interludes are as interesting as the...