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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...

Death Grips - The Money Store

In my recent review of Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction, I mentioned how I was surprised how much I liked that band, despite previously not being a fan of the genre. Well here I am again, and this time I'm even more surprised. A while ago, looking to expand my musical horizons, I talked to some of my friends about wanting to try to find some hip-hop that I liked, and knowing my music taste, one of them recommended that I checked out Death Grips. When I first listened to their most popular album, The Money Store, I was skeptical, but their unique blend of hip-hop, industrial, and noise spoke to me. Over the next few weeks I started listening to their other releases. Now, call me Anthony Fantano because I'm a fan of Death Grips. Now, enough about me, lets talk about the band. Death Grips is an experimental industrial hip hop band from California, consisting of Zach Hill, Andy ...

Archgoat - The Apocalyptic Triumphator

This ones for those who like more extreme stuff. Archgoat is one of my favorite black metal bands. For those who don't know, black metal is an extreme genre of music that features shrieking or snarling vocals, fast drums, heavy distorted guitars, and a bleak atmospheric sound. The genre started with bands such as Bathory and Celtic Frost, but it didn't really become black metal until Norwegian black metal bands like Mayhem and Emperor formed and finished developing its distinct sound. I kind of like the covers of Archgoat albums, not just this one, but all of them together. Almost every Archgoat album features a pure black background with a white image and red or grey text. The common design between all the albums gives them a nice aesthetic. With this particular album cover, the creepy angel along with the skeletons reflects the satanic themes in the album and gives a feeling of terrifying evil power, which goes well with the album's music. ...

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