Articles by Max Morin

Oranssi Pazuzu Struggle to Commit to a Sound on 'Mestarin Kynsi'

PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2020

Their name aside, there's always been something different about Oranssi Pazuzu. Maybe they've always been too weird for most people to stom...

The Mountain Goats Use Lo-Fi Sounds for Transcendent Results on 'Songs for Pierre Chuvin'

PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2020

It's difficult to find fault with Songs for Pierre Chuvin, a ten-day recording effort to raise some money for the Mountain Goats' road crew...

Myth of I

Myth of I

PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2020

Oh, Berklee. Metal's relationship with one of the world's most famous music colleges has always been a double-edged sword. Berklee has prod...

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Viscerals

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2020

There are seven pigs in this band's name, but they might as well be called "Ow Ow Ow Ow Ow Ow Ow," because Viscerals feels like a punch in...

Reflections

Willow

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2020

What are Reflections doing to their poor instruments? Downtuning is as much a part of metal music as blast beats or long hair, but Reflecti...

Krosis

A Memoir of Free Will

PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2020

What is going on at Unique Leader Records lately? In the last few years, they've churned out some of heavy music's most exciting new bands,...

Sepultura

Quadra

PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2020

Sepultura's legacy can be divided into three rough eras: Max, Igor and Derrick. Though their name will forever by synonymous with the Caval...

Serenity

The Last Knight

PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2020

If the album art didn't convey this enough, Serenity play power metal. Power metal has always been the territory of the nerds, and no band...