Articles by Mike Simpson
The Body & Braveyoung
Nothing Passes
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Give anything to the Body and they'll make it bleak. This collaboration between the Providence avant-doom duo and North Carolina atmospheri...
Lord Mantis
Pervertor
PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2012
The disturbing and deliciously blasphemous artwork that adorns Lord Mantis's new album sets a tone, even before listening to the music, of...
Christian Mistress
Possession
PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2012
Olympia's Christian Mistress admirably uphold the standard of prefix-free metal with this, their Relapse debut. Possession doesn't need to...
Uzala
Uzala
PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2012
Take female-fronted, doom-influenced acts Blood Ceremony and Jex Thoth, remove the better part of the long guitar solo explorations and loo...
Royal Talons
Royal Talons
PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2012
Royal Talons play that interesting form of doom that, while epic in sound, also manages to be unpretentious and in an unusual way, laidback...
Brokaw
Interiors
PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2012
The weight associated with G. Stuart Dahlquist's name ― we're talking physical heaviness, in addition to musical influence ― wo...
Rabid Rabbit
Czarny Sen
PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2011
Chicago, IL quartet Rabid Rabbit have chosen to bite off a fair bit with their sophomore effort; it isn't obvious by the end of the record...
Jucifer
Nadir
PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2011
The most intriguing thing about Jucifer is just how removed from the rest of the world the nomadic duo are. Now approaching two decades of...
