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Молчат Дома - Этажи

You may be wondering, 'Is the band Молчат Дома, who created the album, Этажи, a foreign band?' and 'Are they going to be singing some non-english language, perhaps Russian?' The answer to both of these questions is yes. I can't remember how I found this album originally, but one day it came up in my YouTube recommended, I instantly recognized the cover, and decided to give it a listen. It was really good. It reminded of me listening to Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures for the first time. Note: In this review, I italicize Russian words written in the Roman alphabet, put "quotation marks" around English translations, and do nothing to Russian words written in the Cyrillic alphabet. Молчат Дома or Molchat Doma (roughly translates to "The Houses are Silent") is a 'cold wave' band. This is a genre of music that I don't know too much about, but from what I understand the genre is close to goth, except more detached and minimalistic. Si...

Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

Hi everyone! This is a post that I started in 2018, but never finished, so you might notice some differences in writing style in the first few paragraphs (although I edited them quite a bit). I have a large amount of draft posts that I started, but for whatever reason, never got around to finishing. This is one that had a lot done, so I figured I should finish it. Operation: Mindcrime is an awesome concept album by the progressive metal band, Queensrÿche. It tells the story of a heroin addict named Nikki in a future dystopian society. The story is told by Nikki after the fact, as he is remembering it while laying in a bed at a mental institution. He is recruited by a revolutionary group run by a mysterious man named Dr. X, and brainwashed into becoming a hitman for the cause. What becomes of him? You'll have to keep reading (or listen to the album) to find out! The cover of this album is very unusual, and it looks suspiciously like the cover of Napalm Death's cornerstone ...

Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk

Emperor is a highly influential black metal band, and one on the original Norwegian black metal bands along with others such as Mayhem and Darkthrone. Emperor's music features beating drums, breathy growled vocals, and fast almost symphonic melodies. One interesting thing about the songs is that most of them have very loud instruments that overpower the vocals. This results in almost dreamlike songs, which are heavily focused on the instruments rather than the vocals, and remind me of shoegaze (I won't explain shoegaze now, but I will in the future, when I review a shoegaze album). It is possible that Emperor and their style of black metal inspired or was inspired by shoegaze since both black metal and shoegaze originated in the late 80s, although I don't know if this is true. The sound of Emperor's music gives me a feeling similar to laying face up in the rain at night during a thunderstorm: harsh and dark, but also surprisingly calming....

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