OSR: February 6th, 2016

by Dæv Tremblay
Dead River Runs Dry‘s Hierophants of the Storm is a brutal assault of blackened death metal, or is it deathened black metal? Anyways, it’s a very good, fast, and bleak record! Fake Jokes is so much better than Belief in Question, Carpadium‘s first album. They seem to know better where they are headed with their sound, which is some sort of math rock with some noise influences. I hope they continue down this road. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (Shrug) is, despite its innocuous name-oji, is an aggressive post-hardcore band from California, and ???? successfully convey their musical message. Emulated music… Read more

Check Strobes Out!

by Dæv Tremblay

Jazz nerds are the best people to write math rock, it’s a fact. Case in point, the band Father Figure, which referred us to this wonderful new trio, themselves play some jazzy math rock that is sure to stick on the walls inside your head. Strobes features members from Troyka – another great jazz-math band -, and other bands I shall research into as soon as possible: Point X, and Three Trapped Tigers.

The only music from Strobes available for now comes in the form of live music videos, but they are professionally done and not recorded with a … Read more

Rikard Sjöblom – The Unbendable Sleep

by Jeff Nixon

I’ve been into the progressive rock band Beardfish for a while, my favorite album of theirs being their two parter “Sleeping In Traffic.” I also enjoyed their latest album 4626+Comfortzone quite a bit. So I was excited to hear what the band’s frontman Rikard Sjöblom had in store for his second solo album “The Unbendable Sleep”.

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Rikard’s unique and catchy melodies paired with his distinct vocals makes for some interesting music to say the least. This album flows well but also goes unexpected places. One of which being a short interlude track “Building A Tent For Astor” which is a … Read more

OSR: February 4th, 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

Let’s have a listen at what came through the [electronic] mail since, well… yesterday!

A new Doom Salad release is always good news! Sunscreens and Aerosols maintains their experimental math rock legacy with pride, and this is an incredibly interesting 4-track to listen to! AHP is an ambient black metal band, and Against Human Plague – whence I guess their initials came from – is their debut album, scheduled for the 21st of February. It’s an assault of blasting and roaring black metal spaced by ambient interludes. In that sense, it’s more of an ambient and black metal album than… Read more

OSR: February 3rd, 2016

by Dæv Tremblay
Devotion releases their fourth album, Words and Crystals on February 26th, and it’s quite a pretty album, hard-hitting rock with a heavy atmospheric part to the sound. The Ralph just put out their single, Mean’s End, featuring Karlo Horvat, the singer of alternative metal band Kryn. He’s got a good and imposing voice reminiscent of the alt metal of the 2000’s: Godsmack, Disturbed, etc., but now on 2010-era djent riffs.
Point Pleasant is a solo guitar album from Dean Murphy; it features a bunch of advanced tapping techniques and overall good compositions, but I can’t help but feel… Read more