Brutally Short #7 : Cormorant, Falls of Rauros, GOLD, and Brand New

Welcome to another edition of Brutally Short, the not at all gimicky or lazy feature where we at Brutalitopia compile a group of reviews that are far shorter than our normal, endless word vomit.  The albums contained in Brutally Shorts aren't here because they're bad; quite often there are albums here that deserve far more words from far better writers because of how good they are, we just either didn't see them until now, forgot to write about them, we had a child and the responsibility of caring for a newborn person takes up, like, an inordinate amount of time, or (usually) spent another week rewatching Parks and Recreation on Netflix while drinking scotch instead of actively working to run a blog.  No one said we're good at this.

Brutally Short #6: Deftones, Bossk, Cult of Luna and Julie Christmas

Deftones - Gore (Reprise)
Cult of Luna and Julie Christmas - Mariner (Indie Recordings)
Bossk - Audio Noir (Deathwish)

Brutally Short #5: Tombs, Killswitch Engage, Moon Tooth, The Algorithm

 

Tombs - All Empires Fall (Relapse)

Killswitch Engage - Incarnate (Roadrunner)

Moon Tooth - S/T (Self-Released)

The Algorithm - Brute Force (FiXT Music)

Brutally Short #4: Dream Theater, Obscura, Lycus, Steven Wilson, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Brutality

Dream Theater - The Astonishing

Obscura - Akróasis

Lycus - Chasms

Steven Wilson - 4 1/2

Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Arc

Brutality - Sea of Ignorance

Brutally Short #3: Sloth, Dragged Into Sunlight/Gnaw Their Tongues, Morier, Bloodlust, Demenseed

Sloth - Slow as Shit (self produced)
Dragged Into Sunlight / Gnaw Their Tongues - N.V. (Prosthetic)
Morier - Two (self produced)
Bloodlust - Cultus Diaboli (Iron Blood and Death Corporation)
Demenseed - Granite Forest (self produced)

Brutally Short #2: Sadistic Ritual, Undergang, Chelsea Wolfe, Hope Drone, Organ Dealer

Reviews for Brutally Short #2:

Sadistic Ritual - Edge of the Knife (Unspeakable Axe)
Undergang - Døden Læger Alle Sår (Dark Descent)
Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss (Sargent House)
Hope Drone- Cloak of Ash (Relapse)
Organ Dealer - Visceral Infection (Horror Pain Gore Death)

Check out the reviews after the break!

Brutally Short #1: King Giant, Bearstorm, Khemmis, Valkyrie, Dreadnought

(image by our buried alive intern)

This is the inaugural post of our "Brutally Short" column. Our hands certainly aren't clean of producing them, but we know reading long-winded reviews can be tedious. In an effort to not let so many albums slip through the cracks, "Brutally Short" will deliver around five reviews or so of albums our staff has been recently listening to.

Reviews for Brutally Short #1:

King Giant - Black Ocean Waves
Bearstorm - Americanus
Khemmis - Absolution
Valkrie - Shadows
Dreadnought - Bridging Realms

Check out the reviews after the break!