Roll your sleeves and be ready because there are some great material in this bunch!
Starchitect‘s progressive post-metal has already been tested, especially on their previous release, Results. Today, with Shift, the band continues to develop their brand by including some very welcomed math metal spices to it. Their newest full-length, out on the fifth of October, is pretty interesting, and you should definitely give it a try!
Grindcore/powerviolence band ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ – along with Chokeslam, GFSP, and Cabin Fire -, teamed up to release a raw compilation EP, Make America Grind Again. Chokeslam’s contribution, … Read more
Mini-Reviews XVII

From Argentina comes to us this oddly-titled band and their self-titled EP, Kjjjjjjjjj. Somewhere between new melodic prog and post-math rock, this twenty-seven-minute, eight-song album shows us of what the trio is capable. The bass guitar wonderfully complements the aerial guitar parts, with the drummer being consistently interesting in its beats, accentuations, and use of cymbals. A really neat little find that you’ll want to listen over and over.
Pfloog blew us away with their chill and legitimate math rock EP, Flop City. This time, they come back with the Empathy EP, featuring two songs and a short introduction … Read more
Mini-Reviews XVI

This album took me by surprise with its high quality and unique niche. I highlighted a couple of bands that could be considered progressive post-metal/sludge in my last set of mini-reviews, but Barishi actualize an … Read more
Mini-Reviews XV

Tactus is a progressive metalcore band from Fredericton, New-Brunswick. It’s a pretty good record recalling a bit of Novållo, but, as with most things labeled metalcore – even if it’s the progressive kind -, Bending Light suffers from its lack of originality. The whole thing is a considerable step up from their debut, T, but the restrictions of the genre are something they should strive to strike down, next time around. The album comes out on October seventh.
Luminiferous Aether is the newest album from progressive atmospheric black metal band Mare Cognitum. Out on September sixteen, it’s what … Read more
Exploring Bandcamp Tags: Math Rock
Bandcamp is a wonderful platform. Not only is it free for fans and artists, but it’s also one of the least greedy large platforms, taking only 15% off of music sales from the artist, whereas iTunes takes about 30%. I can only think of CD Baby that has a lower revenue share, at 9%, but their website is definitely not meant for the same thing; on one hand CD Baby requires artists to pay fees in order to sell their music, and it’s impossible to allow a pay what you want pricing, something Bandcamp have become renowned for.
On top … Read more