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Camp Trash – The Long Way, The Slow Way
Review — August 11, 2022
Camp Trash is a band that impressed me from the first second I heard them on their first single ”Weird Carolina” before the Downtime EP was out. I can't deny that I got to discover the band through Keegan, the guitarist. (Keegan used to write on many Asian bands for …
A.C. Newman – The Slow Wonder
Review — July 5, 2004
For this review I plan on writing about three things: The New Pornographers, summer, and my last week of school (specifically a History of Macroeconomics final). So, for those of you who just want a quick little review, here it is: A.C. (wait, actually, it's Carl, but that's not the …
Music / Only Death Is Real: Only Death Is Real #7
Feature — May 19, 2020
The world has gotten exponentially more weird since the last time this column was published and it doesn’t seem as though it’s going to get any better any time soon. Music can help in a multitude of unusual situations and perhaps these five records go some way into making these …
Regular Columns / Only Death Is Real: Only Death Is Real #2
Feature — April 20, 2019
Welcome to the second instalment of Only Death Is Real. This time round we swing from power electronics to decaying cosmic black metal, giving equal coverage to EPs, full-lengths and splits. Click on the title and you’ll find yourself on the relevant Bandcamp page. Axebreaker - Brutality in Stone …
Music / Only Death Is Real: Only Death Is Real #8
Feature — June 18, 2020
Finding new music to explore has become many people's escape since the world of 2020 changed for the worse. In times of struggle music has often become a guiding light and a saviour and in regards to Bandcamp itself, a place where people can effect change just by supporting artists, …
Music / Only Death Is Real: Only Death Is Real #9
Feature — September 20, 2020
Finding new music to explore has become many people's escape since the world of 2020 changed for the worse. In times of struggle music has often become a guiding light and a saviour and in regards to Bandcamp itself, a place where people can effect change just by supporting artists. …
Music / Only Death Is Real: Only Death Is Real #10
Feature — October 29, 2020
Can you believe that this is the tenth iteration of Only Death Is Real? Ten editions of a column featuring some of the best and most exciting extreme music of today and ten editions of a column that celebrates just how diverse the underground metal scene really is. The world …
Music / Only Death Is Real: Only Death Is Real #11
Feature — May 15, 2021
Welcome to the first Only Death Is Real of 2021. Not much has changed since the last time although perhaps there is now some light at the end of the proverbial tunnel in terms of being able to get back to some kind of normality. Perhaps you’re able to meet …
Music / Only Death Is Real: Only Death Is Real #12
Feature — July 6, 2021
It is time, once again, to wax lyrical about how creative the underground metal scene is. This year has seen a surge in artists presenting their full vision for the first time, perhaps an effect of being shut indoors for much of the last 18 months and having the means …
Music / Only Death Is Real: Only Death Is Real #13
Feature — October 3, 2021
The number 13, unlucky for some, a portend of doom, of sign of bad things to come. For Only Death Is Real the number 13 brings a handful of releases that range from electronic beats to deeply religious texts to raw black metal and dungeon synth. The number 13 is …
Music / Only Death Is Real: Only Death Is Real #14
Feature — December 4, 2021
Circle of Ouroborus - Kiromantia (His Wounds) Keeping up with Circle of Ouroborus could be a full-time job in itself, as the duo turn around new music at a rate that is enough to give one a moment of breathlessness. They have been quieter in recent years compared to …
Music / Only Death Is Real: Only Death Is Real #15
Feature — March 28, 2022
The first Only Death Is Real of 2022 comes at a tumultuous time, a time where the pandemic still has a grip on the world and where world leaders can wantonly decide to invade their neighbours on a whim. The nuances are, of course, much trickier to unravel but from …
Music / Only Death Is Real: Only Death Is Real #16
Feature — July 25, 2022
Baazlvaat - An Old Forgotten Text (Self-Released) Baazlvaat appeared as if from nowhere (Flint, Michigan) during 2021 with The Higher Power, a record that owed as much to Bathory as it did to Thin Lizzy (despite the band not really knowing the latter), as a home-recorded full-length that …
Music / Only Death Is Real: Only Death Is Real #17
Feature — October 5, 2022
The collection of artists that make up this edition of Only Death Is Real have something that connects them. Despite the surface appearances being markedly different across the board, the five bands/musicians gathered here have been wildly prolific in their careers -- whether that’s for a long or a short …
Music / Only Death Is Real: Only Death Is Real #18
Feature — November 21, 2022
Winter is approaching which means that musical preferences change alongside the season. For this edition of Only Death Is Real, that change is reflected in the excess of doom that has been released in the last month, with a sprinkling of black metal thrown in for good measure. There’s something …
Music / Only Death Is Real: Only Death Is Real #6
Feature — March 15, 2020
2020 has only been upon us for three short months, yet the outlook for the rest of the year looks as bleak as it has ever been. Pandemics, floods, ineffective governments, dysfunctional rulers..... the list could go on but I fear that life is depressing enough already. The music contained …
Regular Columns / Only Death Is Real: Only Death Is Real #5
Feature — January 27, 2020
Welcome to the first Only Death Is Real of 2020, which this time features music from all corners of the earth. The column is a little shorter than usual this time as a few releases are yet to be fully available on bandcamp at the time of writing and including …
Regular Columns / Only Death Is Real: Only Death Is Real #4
Feature — November 12, 2019
Choosing five releases for Only Death Is Real gets harder with each iteration and this fourth column was no different. The list grew greater each time I heard something great but I chose five releases in each column so far and I’m not one to break my own arbitrary rules. …
Regular Columns / Only Death Is Real: Only Death Is Real #3
Feature — August 27, 2019
The third iteration of Only Death Is Real is perhaps its darkest yet. Oppressive black metal and frozen winds all feature with the common thread being that the music here has all been released independently or by the artists themselves. Dive in but don't forget to come up for air. …
