One hell of an electrifying trip by this one-man army from Cincinnati… remarkably multi-faceted and dynamic… wild and ravaging maniacal and magnificent ecstatic and exotic… packed with turbocharged riffs (both head-moving thrashers and fire-breathing scorchers) and crazed vocals, but also marked by descents into freezing gloom and keyboard-assisted ascents into realms of shining celestial wonder and unearthly peril… (Gratitude to eitororm for alerting me to this song.) …howling vocal madness and machine-gun drums (which eventually become more varied)… heaving low-end darkness… swirling melodies that sweep in grand waves, creating feelings of fervent buoyancy, haunting bleakness, mesmerizing grandeur, and solemn reverence (especially when joined by deep choral voices)… (Thanks go out to Miloš for passing me the link to this.)
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…blazing and boisterous… thrusting and thunderous… moody, melancholy, and mysterious at times, but mainly explosive and exhilarating (and highly addictive)… For much of it I resorted to fragmentary impressions rather than more complete reviews, or even complete sentences.
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Unfortunately for me, if not for you, I still didn’t have time to write as much as I would like about what I’ve selected for this column. I had more time this Sunday morning than I did yesterday to check out new music, focusing as I usually do on the blackened arts.