Articles by Melissa Vincent

Deafheaven

Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2018

For most, the relentless debate over where Deafheaven sit in the spectrum of black metal has already been exhausted. The short, most compre...

Gatecreeper's Guide to Building a Metal Scene in the Desert

PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2016

For those unfamiliar with the geography of the Southwestern U.S., the Sonoran Desert is one of its most impressive and desolate features. I...

Gatecreeper

Sonoran Depravation

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2016

After spearheading one of this year's most impressive splits, "Carved into Stone," (a four-pronged monster with Outer Heaven, Scorched and...

Dysrhythmia

The Veil of Control

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2016

On The Veil of Control, the seventh album from NYC based trio Dysrhythmia and their second release for Profound Lore Records, off-kilter tr...