SURACHAI – To No Avail HANDSHAKE, INC. 7/10 So, this is how it goes now: Everything that’s not 100 percent black metal gets tagged as experimental or post-black metal, even if its still about 196 proof? You gotta love how people strive to look down their noses at others, making themselves out to be more […]
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To No Avail & Plague Diagram on Grindthieves Year End List
Monday, December 26, 2011
I’ve been battling with putting this list together for over a month. Eliminating and adding and re-adding and re-eliminating albums over and over again. I’m going to stop and just put this list out there as I see it today, at this moment. Surachai – “Plague Diagram / To No Avail†Chicago gave us Surachai […]
To No Avail on DC Metal’s Top 10
Monday, December 19, 2011
9. Surachai- To No Avail; I reviewed this release pretty recently, so I’m not going to elaborate too much. I’ll just say that To No Avail has solidified myself as a major Surachai fan. These songs are great, and I can’t really find anything wrong with them as a grouping of songs. It’s just a […]
Surachai’s 2011 Playlist
Monday, December 19, 2011
2011 was one of the best years of music in recent memory. By following friends and distributors, I was introduced to a wealth of great music that made this year all the better. This list isn’t in any particular order but is separated between “electronic” and “metal” – seems to be vague and wrong enough […]
Lichens, A. Cortini, Surachai, Volunteer Park – Dec 11
Sunday, December 4, 2011
I’ll be doing a destructive modular set. Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe (Lichens) Alessandro Cortini (Sonoio) Surachai Volunteer Park (Aviram Cohen) Sunday December 11, 2011 Doors 8pm. Show 9pm Death By Audio 49 S2nd street Brooklyn $7
Don’t Count On It Reviews To No Avail
Friday, December 2, 2011
My name is Ian and I do run this blog. I do have to admit however, that at times, some of the shifts, musically, were less than stellar, like the drone ambient section that suddenly just goes into a full-on black metal part did feel a bit abrupt for me. Read the entire review below. […]
Sea of Tranquility Reviews To No Avail
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The web source for progressive rock, progressive metal & jazz fusion. Every listen returns something new, whether it’s the tremolo-picked riffs, the rapidly strummed chords, the voice that emerges from seemingly nowhere, or just the droning ambience and empty atmospheres that arrest the attention, To No Avail is utterly captivating and enthralling. Desolate, despairing, and […]
Sonidos De La Cripta Reviews To No Avail
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Sonidos de la cripta surge como vÃa de expresión personal sobre una de mis principales pasiones desde hace ya veinte años, el metal. Second album of this bizarre entity of Chicago resident, I hear for the first time such an impression that has caused me, and I call it that because I have no idea […]
Grindcore Karaoke Adds To No Avail
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
To No Avail was added to Grindcore Karaoke’s immense catalog that has incredible music courtesy of Randall of Agoraphobic Nosebleed. The re-release includes a new digi-booklet that unfortunately has outdated information. The vinyl master was performed by Shawn Hatfield of Audible Oddities. There is no digital master. What is on the internet is a compressed […]