The Jesus Lizard and Metz are fused together in the form of The Lumes. The Lumes are Maxime Prins on vocals and guitar, Lennard van der Voort on bass and Mitchell Quitz on drums. Their first release Lust started this tradition they seem to be continuing on with “Envy”. Sin is said to be something we’re supposed to avoid. The Lumes, instead, dive headfirst into the depraved world we all want but are forced to avoid for fear of judgement from either the outside or upon ourselves. “Anguish” takes off like a sonic tonic. The manic vocals of Maxime are desperate. “Am I the only one, who knows what it…
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Impuritan – Altered Statues
If you lay on your arm too long it falls asleep. You can hit it and you feel pins and needles. This is caused by a lack of blood flow and it can result in the eventual loss of a limb. This takes days and you shouldn’t worry about it. But, what if that happened to you brain? If you wake up in the middle of the night with two numb arms are shoot up and shake them awake. But what if it happened to your brain? Your thoughts plunging without proper fuel. You might be inclined to receive electric shock therapy. Impuritan is a three piece comprised of Alex…
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Planning For Burial Interview
Planning For Burial is one phenomenal man named Thom Wasluck. His resent album, 2017’s Below The House on Flenser’s Records, has been captivating fans of drone metal mixed with its eerily beautiful lullaby style instrumentation. Recently, I had the fortunate opportunity to sit down with Thom and discuss his song writing process. POW!: So Thom, your music has always, to me, been an exhausting amount of passion being expelled until there’s absolutely nothing left. Was this your intention or did you have something else in mind? Thom Wasluck: The best way I can describe it is that I never had an intention for anything. It’s just what I needed…
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