Vestiges
The Descent Of Man
Independent (2011)
The D.I.Y. ethic has long been a tremendous ideal that has always appealed to my often times ridiculous sensibilities, but what can I say besides that there is just something to a band putting their blood sweat and tears into a project from the first inkling of inspiration to breaking open that box of records from the record plant; the whole project seems more genuine or more “real” if you will, and not that all bands who do release records themselves are always doing it with DIY intentions more like a simple necessity. When the download for The Descent Of Man first started making the rounds on the world wide interwebz at the end of 2010, I immediately took notice of Vestiges due to the mammoth blast of devastating sound that the band conjures from their instruments and the brute force of the vocals that come screaming from my speakers. Ambitious, epic, grand, etc are all adjectives that one could use when describing The Descent Of Man, and those would certainly not be hyperbolic fodder given by an over fawning critic; instead, though, I would be more apt to say that Vestiges seemingly lay down a challenging record full of … Read more
Bad Braids
Arrow And Orb
Music Ruins Lives (2011)
Intimate little records and intimate settings will stick with people for a while if they are struck in such a … Read more
Demonologists
Miscarriage Of The Soul
Crucial Blast (2011)
This is another band that while maintaining some bleak footing in the black metal scene exists as a noise group. … Read more
