Vougan - Silent Souls
What a debut! Vougan is a Brazilian power metal quintet that impresses mightily on the Silent Souls EP, available as a free download. The EP contains five tracks – an instrumental plus two fast and two slow tunes. The faster numbers have hints of Priest, as well as other unexpected bits. “Behind the Lies” unleashes […]
Cherry Pickin'
Thanks, but no thanks
From The Management, Again
As we mentioned last week, Invisible Oranges will not post new material today, Monday, January 2, 2012. Starting tomorrow, we will return to our regular publishing schedule. We’ve got a lot of cool stories, new features and columns planned for 2012. In the meantime, we’ve assembled some links below — we encourage you to check […]
Overmars - Born Again
How’s this for a dream band: Neurosis + PJ Harvey + Godflesh. France’s Overmars have made this happen without marquee names. Yet they put to shame most of what passes for doom and sludge now. They channel Swans through Godflesh: first gear all the way. But whereas prime Godflesh was purely crushing, Overmars flatten you, […]
Horna / Behexen - Split
Capitalizing on the generally well-received and umlaut-infested Ääniä Yössä, Moribund is reissuing three Horna releases – Haudankylmyyden Mailla (Solistitium, 1999), as well as splits with Musta Surma and Behexen. The latter originally came out on Grievantee in 2004, and features four tracks from Horna and three from fellow Finns Behexen. Horna – Kätketyn Jumaluuden VartijaBehexen […]
Korpiklaani - Ukon Wacka
Let’s drink
Dead Skin Mask
Nadja’s cover of Slayer’s “Dead Skin Mask”, from Nadja’s covers album due out on April 28, is available for free download. (See story here.) At Pitchfork, I’ve reviewed Nadja’s cover of My Bloody Valentine’s “Only Shallow”. I like Nadja, but on that cover, they take a bull-in-a-china-shop approach: slow down, slather with massive distortion. Their […]
Slyde - "Back Again" (Song Premiere)
Melodic, progressive, and very plesant
Horn Divides and Conquers on "Retrograd"
Nerrath continues to hone his skills
Brett Miller - 'Oath of Dagon'
H.P. Shredcraft
