Darkseed write like the second-stringers they are, stabbing and shooting at what is a miserable metal quagmire and coming up covered in delete bin swamp mud.
Continuing down the pathway of the underrated Odd Fellows Rest, Kirk, Sammy and crew have inflicted more Trouble into their fire-the-brimstone doomskullery.
Smogtown runs thru the numbers. They’ve got suburban teen dream nightmares and distill ’em thru the fewest three chords any human’s ever decided they need.
Bouncy, fuzzy garage rock with melodies like Sonic Youth and Imperial Teen. An ambitious garage pop band mixing lots of styles, but retaining their identity.
A cool introduction to one of Germany’s longest-running and most prolific power metal institutions, Sinner proudly up there with Rage and Grave Digger.