PRONG – State of Emergency

RELEASE YEAR: 2023BAND URL: https://www.facebook.com/prongmusic/ Receiving a promo album by long-running New York metal act Prong always a brings a smile to my face, and not merely because they have a nostalgic effect on me due to their records from the 90s having had a big impact on me but because they always seem to…

LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE – How To Shroud Yourself With Night

RELEASE YEAR: 2022BAND URL: https://www.lacrimas.com/ “Recall the past when you were strong Those distant days it seems are now forever gone You’ll increase desire to wander and retire But you’ll know escape is to run” (Paradise Lost “Disappear”, from “One Second”¹⁹⁹⁷) Kurt Donald Cobain (Nirvana, 1994), Michael Kelland John Hutchence (INXS, 1997), Chester Charles Bennington…