Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

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  Graf Orlock

  Crime Traveler

  PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2016

  L.A.-based pop culture junkies Graf Orlock have set the bar exceptionally high for themselves — their third full-length comes after some ex...

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  Gates

  Palace of Mirrors

  PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2016

  As troubling as it is vibrant, Palace of Mirrors, by Toronto-based mad scientists Gates (led by Bryan W. Bray), is a smoke-filled, fragrant...

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  Demonic Possessor

  Porous Chambers

  PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2016

  Porous Chambers is a horror movie soundtrack in need of a film. From the opening moments, it's characterized by a profound, churning sense...

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  The Black Queen

  Fever Daydream

  PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2016

  From its opening moments, the debut album from Los Angeles-based trio the Black Queen is not at all what the listener is prepared for. A re...

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  Toothgrinder

  Nocturnal Masquerade

  PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2016

  It's not a surprise that the debut full-length from New Jersey outfit Toothgrinder is suffused with violence. The chaotic, polyrhythmic pos...

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  Black Tusk

  Pillars of Ash

  PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2016

  It's impossible to divorce this record from the tragedy of its context, to read Pillars of Ash as separate from grief. In late 2014, foundi...

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  Revenge Fantasies: Misandry in Metal in 2015

  2015 in Lists

  PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2016

  2015 was a spectacular year for women in aggressive music, and not in a babes-who-rock way. Along with defying the constraints applied to "...

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  Gravewurm

  Doomed To Eternity

  PUBLISHED Dec 23, 2015

  For 25 years, Gravewurm have been carrying the banner for their particularly acerbic brand of American black metal deep into the hellish he...