Both beautifully orchestrated quirk-pop with a soaring female vocal, and a trip-hop and world music-inspired Morrissey drowning in over-clever verbosity.
Terror never looked this sweet. Monolith has created, quite possibly, the best-looking shooter yet. And considering the competition, this is high praise indeed.
The compositional/functional/found-noise/skronking guitar hum and hollering/bewildered singing are intact. Everything’s sharper, tenser, and wound tighter.
Perhaps the greatest Viking metal band of them all, Amon Amarth present us this three-DVD set featuring five full concerts plus additional backstage material.
Miles from NY hardcore; think of Refused with the Energizer bunny up their rectums and you’d have a clearer idea of what Sweden’s The Smackdown sounds like.