With the health of Dennis Lyxzén unclear after he apparently suffered a devastating heart attack, we send our best wishes to him—and bring you a previously unreleased interview with Lyxzén from November 2019. Go to New Noise‘s website to read our conversation, during which Refused’s main man shares how he envisions the shape of the world to come.
Refused Vocalist: ‘Revolution Isn’t Going To Happen Overnight’
Posted in Interviews with tags Dennis Lyxzén, Refused on 07/20/2024 by Kurt OrzeckKvaen’s ‘Formless Fires’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Interviews on 07/19/2024 by Kurt OrzeckNew Wave of Swedish Melodic Death Metal entry Kvaen succeed throughout the entirety of The Formless Fire, even in its weak spots, as the band’s passion for writing and performing stellar songs trumps all else. Fresh blood doesn’t get more bloodthirsty than this. Go to New Noise or click below for my full review.
Armlock’s ‘Seashell Angel Lucky Charm’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Armlock on 07/18/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Melbourne duo Armlock opt for the less-is-more approach to heartfelt lyricism and layered instrumentals to deeply affecting results on their all-too-brief second record. Read my full review via FLOOD.
Idaho’s ‘Lapse’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Idaho on 07/17/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Idaho is best known for producing more potatoes than anywhere else in the U.S. In recent decades, it’s become so red that Idaho is now neck and neck with Mississippi as the most right-wing state in the Union. Idaho boasts the most miles of rivers than anywhere else in the country. The majority of its residents are virulently anti-government land conservationists not just suspicious of but resentful toward anyone who isn’t a third-generation Idahoan or older. Along those same lines, what today’s Idahoans feel more strongly about than anything else is their pure, white-hot hatred of Californians.
Continue readingAt The Gates Eye Next LP; Tomas Lindberg Talks Philosophy, Literature In Epic Conversation
Posted in Interviews on 07/16/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
We left virtually no stone unturned with Lindberg, a hyper-literate social studies teacher who is far more obsessed with the magical realism of authors like Jorge Luis Borges and the philosophy of pessimism espoused by Eugene Thatcher than overexposed occultists like Aleister Crowley. Enjoy one of the headier, epic interviews with one of the most crucial members of not just MDM but of heavy metal on the whole in the last 30 years, via New Noise.
Cloud Rat Chat About Fave Fests, ‘Grimiest’ Venues
Posted in Interviews with tags Cloud Rat, Madison Marshall on 07/12/2024 by Kurt OrzeckAs everyone’s favorite “three-piece grindpunk psychonaut unit” (their words, not ours) head out for another tour, go to New Noise for some previously unpublished thoughts about music festivals they shared with me during a conversation last year.
Bangladeafy’s ‘Vulture’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Bangladeafy on 07/11/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Bangladefy‘s Vulture reflects a band that, now 15 years old, still isn’t focused on what its two members want their endeavor to be. Read my full review via New Noise.
Huntsmen’s ‘Dry Land’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews on 07/11/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
What’s The Deal With Dark Tranquillity Vocalist’s New Side Project?
Posted in News with tags Cemetery Skyline, Dark Tranquillity, Mikael Stanne on 07/11/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
Fans of Dark Tranquillity and vocalist Mikael Stanne shouldn’t be so baffled by his new project Cemetery Skyline putting out three singles without formalizing a full-length. The answer is in front of our noses. Read my news report via New Noise.
Photo credit: Krichan Wihlborg.
Blvck Hippie’s ‘Basketball Camp’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Interviews on 07/10/2024 by Kurt Orzeck
On the second album by Blvck Hippie, Josh Shaw channels the momentum of emotional turmoil into a vibrant, propulsive musical feat with a bigger, bolder sound than their debut. Read my full review via FLOOD.
The Bad Penny (beta) 