If you like to live on the edge and have no regard for mindless compliance or conformity, this might just be the ticket. But I gotta warn you, Auralayer's Thousand Petals is probably going to duke it out for Album of the Year at Clean and Sober Stoner, maybe even the Doom Charts, against the likes of Hail the Void, Faery Ring, Snakemother and Acid King. Once you cross that line, it can be hard to go back...
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Texas band draft an all-killer, no-filler love letter to ’70s hard rock and metal, with surging vocals and riffs that command respect. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 4, 2024
A fantastic debut showing from Baltimore metal band Born of Plagues, uniting post-metal's expansive textures with sludge's almighty muck. Bandcamp New & Notable May 19, 2021
Growth is a tremendous release by Moonstone. This album builds upon their previous work and gets me excited about what the band will produce in the future. After previously exploring death and decay, Growth transitions to rebirth and life. The lyrics are inspired and the execution of it all, amazing! Although all tracks are excellent, Emerald, the last one, is an appropriate crescendo to the album, and stands out as possibly their best song to date. Raphaël