My devotion to writing about heavy metal is a hobby, and is my way of giving back to the art form. Hence, my reviews are solely my opinion and are written from the standpoint of a long time fan. Although clean sounding to some extent, To No Avail has a much bleaker vibe and a […]
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MEATMEADMETAL Reviews To No Avail
Friday, November 18, 2011
We eat grilled meats, drink fine spirits, and listen to the wonders of metal. Just like your mom planned it. I’ve listened to this release a lot since receiving the download a few weeks back, and it never fails to keep my brain working and me guessing. It’s one of those efforts that reveals itself […]
Scumfeast Metal 666 Reviews To No Avail
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Scumfeast Metal 666 concerns itself with the Extreme side of the following genres: Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom, Thrash, Grindcore, real Hardcore/Crust, classic NWOBHM, Folk/Pagan/Viking Metal, Drone/Noise and various Dark Sounds. Do not consider the opinions read here to be the same as you would read on other music sites. Being objectionable is not our […]
DC Metal Review Takes On To No Avail
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Metal. We are about promoting good metal, great metal, amazing metal and anything that relates to metal. We are just a couple of metalheads who are here to try and show our love for all thing metal. Horns! For the price of some hard drive space, you could have the perfect soundtrack to a long […]
Sarah Sitkin – Visual Artist for To No Avail
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Because of the positive response the artwork for TO NO AVAIL has been receiving, I invited Sarah Sitkin to an interview. Unfortunately WordPress is horrible for formatting pictures in a appropriate way to showcase artwork and I had to use Tumblr. Click below for the link. – Sarah Sitkin Interview
Chicago Reader Reviews To No Avail
Monday, November 7, 2011
The Chicago Reader is Chicago’s largest free weekly newspaper, nationally recognized as a leader in the alternative press. Since 1971, the Reader has served as Chicago’s political conscience, cultural guide, and music authority. Surachai’s To No Avail is hands down one of the best-looking albums to come out of Chicago this year, and with its […]
Gapers Block Reviews To No Avail
Friday, November 4, 2011
Gapers Block is a Chicago-centric web publication providing information on news, events and other interesting stuff around town. Gapers Block wants you to slow down and check out your city! It’s a rare feat that a heavy metal album can balance melody and bludgeoning brutality as well as To No Avail. Surachai hits a hidden […]
A.V. Club’s Loud Reviews To No Avail
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Punk, hardcore, metal, noise: Music shouldn’t always be easy on the ears. Each month, Loud unearths some of the loudest, crudest, weirdest, and/or heaviest sounds writhing beneath the surface. The world’s not getting any quieter. Neither should we. Earlier this year, Lake Of Blood delivered As Time And Tide Erode Stone, its two-very-long-songs saga. Structurally, […]
Lords of Metal Reviews To No Avail
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
The regular LoM readers – especially those who are with us from the start – will probably know that this e-zine is the result of a deceased radio show, but I guess most of you will never have heard one single note of it. Biggest letdown is that it all only lasts 22 minutes. Even […]
Grindthieves Reviews To No Avail
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Specializing in information about and links to material residing a little below the radar, you can find everything from hip hop to noise to jungle/drum’n’bass to death metal to classical to ambient to breakcore to black metal to dubstep and more. I’ve listened to this release more times in the last 24 hours than I […]