The half-year in music: Jan-June 2020
In January of each year since 2015, I have started a new Spotify playlist. Over the course of the year, I add to it. This is 2020 in my listening so far.… Read More The half-year in music: Jan-June 2020
Tag: Metal
Ire
Parkway Drive’s fifth album, Ire, claims that anger is a legitimate response to the state of the world. If anger is the chief motor of ‘metal’ as a musical genre, Ire thus becomes a metal album with existential ramifications for its own artform: either Ire is legitimate, or metal isn’t. The thought experiment isn’t quite as perfect… Read More Ire
