Xisuma's Musical Journey

  Contender for album of the year, Nocturnal Birding leaves me with a sense of guilt. As a renewed appreciation of brilliance settles in, I ...

  Current darlings of Extreme Metal, with a swiftly growing popularity, Lorna Shore seem poised to take off. This second incarnation with i...

Where once a clear vision of anarchic rebellion stood fulled by societal frustrations and obligatory anger, Ho99o9 have descended into an e...

Striking while the iron is hot, Sabrina swiftly turns around another record. Leaning further into Country vibes with a competent arrangement...

With his legendary status firmly intact, jumping into an extensive discography such as Prince's can be daunting. Why not simply start at...

  Now over thirty years deep, the Deftones ' tenth record packs little novelty for old heads, yet will enthrall the recent surge of new ...

Album four and the experience follows a now familiar form, another protracted stream of creativity lacking curation. Once again, sparks of g...

  Its a smash! Returning swiftly from New World Depression , cousins Ruby and Scrim spin the wheels recycling their distinct but well refine...

Catching my ear with their easy sways between scruffy Grunge chorus riffs and melodic Shoegaze tinged verses, Fantasy served as an intriguin...

Arriving swiftly off the back of a remarkable Chromakopia , Tyler suddenly drops this fun fast and loose record. A surprise release, Don...

    Written in its name, this two track bridges Timewave Zero and Hidden History Of The Human Race , attempting to conciliate the colossal...

Curious to hear more of Blood Incantation 's fresh and exciting take on the tired Death Metal genre, Timewave Zero shocked me with its r...

  Nefarious made quite the excitable splash upon impact. With my apatite shaped for the lighter sides of music, a throwback to playful extre...

Shock and awe ensues, as sequenced drum machines and a burly haze of dreamy distortions descend upon the listener. Breaking for a bold singu...

  Dissecting sounds with an analytical scalpel, one can cut critiques upon a lack of overt musical progression. Deploying another bout of th...

  Admittedly, I've waited until the drop name had been unveiled to write my thoughts. With that extended exposure, its become clear that...

Dynamic duo Magdalena Bay are swiftly becoming a fascination. Stepping back in time from their ambitious, progressive  Killing Time , this d...

Imaginal Disk serves as my introduction to this talented multi-instrumentalist duo Magdalena Bay. Clocking in with a mightily entertaining f...

Delightfully predictable and thus feverishly indulgent,  Tetrarch return armed with another dose of millennial teenage angst, tapping into ...

   Spinning out another web of shadowy shoe-gazing extremity, Deafheaven return from the captivating Infinite Granite with renewed spite. ...