An optimist would describe Portrayal of Guilt as experimental and ever-evolving. While that’s often true, their discography sees a constant ebb and flow of polished, realized ideas and half-baked ones, and their newest record, …Beginning of the End (Run For Cover Records), is no exception.
Sludge metal lifers, -16-, casually dropped their tenth full-length, Guides For The Misguided (Relapse Records) and it is crushing. Sludge Metal is at its best with bluesy guitar riffs that still feel massive, raspy vocals, and lyrics covering depression, drug addiction, and overall hatred. The L.A. four-piece violently checks off all of those checkboxes. They do so for over forty minutes with minimal to no filler. Continue reading
Right from the moment a certain band from Birmingham adopted the title of a 1963 Boris Karloff movie as their name, metal has gone hand in hand with horror. Continue reading