Articles by Chris Bryson

Blessed Lean Further Into Experimentation on 'iii' EP
PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2021
Blessed's edge is defined by energy and experimentation, of exploring new avenues just to see where they'll go. At the heart of the Abbotsf...
HEALTH Pull Threads of Beauty Through Raucous Worlds on Collaborative 'DISCO4 :: PART I'
PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2020
HEALTH have a knack for collaboration. Their music, meeting at some offbeat and danceable crossroad between noise, industrial and electroni...
Mary Lattimore Climbs 'Silver Ladders' of Breathtaking Melody
PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2020
What Mary Lattimore has done with the harp is something to behold. Through looping, prowess and an experimental spirit, the Los Angeles-bas...
Napalm Death Prove They Have Some of Heavy Music's Deadliest Hooks on 'Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism'
PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2020
Over three decades into their career, grindcore torchbearers Napalm Death still mine and expose the depths of humanity in its true, savage...
Sprain's 'As Lost Through Collision' Is a Lesson in Patience and Punishment for Those Willing to Endure
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2020
Los Angeles experimental rockers Sprain make bleak and knotty music that pays in catharsis. Their new album, As Lost Through Collision, com...
Pig Destroyer's 'The Octagonal Stairway' Is as Devastatingly Heavy as It Is Adventurously Strange
PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2020
Virginia grindcore legends Pig Destroyer never disappoint when it comes to punishment and pushing their sound. Following 2018's monstrous H...
Steve Von Till's 'No Wilderness Deep Enough' Is Perfect for Getting Lost In
PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2020
Steve Von Till's fifth solo retreat, No Wilderness Deep Enough, is an exquisitely immersive listen. Best known as guitarist and vocalist fo...
Imperial Triumphant Push the Avant-Metal Envelope on 'Alphaville'
PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2020
In a lineage of strange, complex and devastating metal, Imperial Triumphant continue to stand out. Since the New York outfit's beginning, t...