Katatonia released their latest album “Night is the New Day” earlier this month. Release dates were November 2 in Europe and November 10 in the US.
Kyt Dotson’s eighth volume, The Rule of Law, consists of three more chapters of her “Mill Avenue Vexations”: David, Korey, and Mary Beth. In the course of investigating the ritual that took place in the library stacks and how to stop the course of whatever the ritual set in motion, Vex and Megan pay a [...]
From the opening track to the final wind-down, Night is the New Day is probably the most consistent work from Katatonia to date. Forsaker offers a strong start to the album, introducing forceful, guitar-driven metal as well as carefully crafted melodic vocals. Departer winds down, bringing the album to close on a melancholy note. The [...]
The 69 Eyes, commonly referred to as The Helsinki Vampires, are on tour and promoting their latest cd, “Back in Blood.” They swung on through Toronto to play The Opera House on Queen St E. The venue itself has a bit of a Gothic feel to it, which complimented the atmosphere as Jryki 69, Bazie, [...]
Review: Mill Avenue Vexations Volume Seven – A serial by Kyt Dotson Kyt Dotson’s seventh volume, Doom in the Distance, consists of three more chapters of her “Mill Avenue Vexations”: Seeing Things, Crime Scene, and With Much Ado. The first chapter, Seeing Things,consists of Megan, a virtual innocent who Vex has identified as a powerful [...]
You know the word ‘tot’ in German? It’s a good way to describe the state of the subculture you are so fond of. Congrats, your subculture is dead. It’s not to say that your subculture is falling apart at the seams, but your subculture has found its way into the mainstream. After spending years steeped [...]
Scott G. Browne’s first published novel, Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament, is a fun, if slightly Palahniuk-flavored, shuffle through the world as seen through a zombie’s eyes. The main character is a zombie named Andy, and life is tough. Through the story, he meets a girl, discovers the wonders of eating “breather,” battles a local fraternity [...]
Nothing screams low quality quite like the feel of a self-published book. Open Grave takes every opportunity to demonstrate this. From the talk-down-to-me feel of forced young adult fiction, to the blatant typos that are scattered liberally across the pages of this book, Open Grave reads like an editors worst nightmare. Open Grave is a [...]
Though Al Jourgensen put a stake through the heart of Ministry, Revolting Cocks, AKA RevCo, have a new album out and are currently touring parts of the US and Canada. Sex-o Olympic-o is the kind of cocktail you would expect from RevCo: Five parts industrial rock, two parts sleaze, a dash of nasty, shake until [...]
This is a CD that I could almost get into. I gave it two good, solid listens all the way through. I listened to all seven tracks and I tried to like it. The mood is kind of spooky, that’s good. The music is somewhat reminiscent of older Darkwave stuff and that’s good too. Somewhere [...]
A year late and still completely relevant. Though it has been almost a full year since there has been activity on this site beyond H.M. Garber’s wonderful reviews, the site is not dead. Sadly, it has felt like there has been very little new and worthwhile to discuss in the community. It happens. However, there [...]
