Winterus
In Carbon Mysticism
Lifeforce (2011)
The band Winterus formerly known as The Ancient are a Michigan band that seems to be wishing it was from the coldest regions of Norway. That is to say they traffic in a cleaned up version of what tends to be called blackened death metal. The band does not rely on keyboards to make their songs interesting which is a nice change of pace.The record starts strong with a calm atmospheric instrumental this allows the listener to feel the cold tone the band is going for right from the start. The record gets nasty from there. "Reborn" starts with a cough and a riff. The band adds layers of guitars that lean toward melodic riffs. This helps to create a somewhat atmospheric sound without being spacey or otherworldly. The drums stay interesting straying away from the blast beat heavy repertoire of most black metal style bands. This allows the song to breathe and the drummer to prove what he is capable of within the context of the disc. The vocals remain gruff and throaty throughout not doing too much to diversify within the songs. This is the first big complaint. While i certainly don't anticipate pig squeals or any singing … Read more
William Elliott Whitmore
Field Songs
Anti (2011)
William Elliott Whitmore’s Anti debut, Animals in the Dark, was something of an outlier in his discography—the bigger label release … Read more
Buck Gooter
Devil Worship
Flannel Gurl (2011)
When I think of Devil worship I think of all the scary stuff from my youth. I think of serial … Read more
