When I first read about Geryon, the new duo comprised of Lev Weinstein (drums) and Nicholas McMaster (bass & vocals) of avant-garde black metallers Krallice, I was of two minds. On the one hand, I get excited any time I hear about new music from anyone associated with Krallice. However, I’ve never sat and thought to myself: You know what would make Krallice even more awesome? If they got rid of their guitar players. In fact, for me it’s the interplay between the guitars of Messrs. Barr and Marston that makes Krallice so compelling.
Album Reviews
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 Psalm Zero is a New York City experimental metal band featuring Charlie Looker (Seaven Teares, Extra Life, ex-Zs, ex-Dirty Projectors) and Andrew Hock (Castevet). |
 The Unsemble is a collaboration between Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard/Tomahawk) on guitar and keyboards, Alexander Hacke (Einsturzende Neubaten) on bass and electronics, and Brian Kotzur (Silver Jews) on drums and keyboards. |
 Meshuggah's latest album, Koloss, is another step sideways by a band with a history of pushing forwards. After a string of innovative albums, the band peaked in 2005 with Catch Thirtythr33, a single song which displayed a near-classical mastery of large scale structure in addition to seeing the band at their most texturally and harmonically experimental. |
 There was an editorial on MetalSucks a couple of years ago that made the argument that metal vocalists were becoming irrelevant. I had just seen Russian Circles live for the first time a few days before, so I found myself readily agreeing with a lot of the points being made in the piece. |
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