Melbourne's TJ Howlett throws a shovel full of coal-dusted reality into the guitar-driven blues-rock furnace with his "Not Mine" EP. Two songs. Just two. But, my word, they carry the weight of generations. Suddenly, I'm thinking about Dorothea Lange's photographs, only... louder. https://open.spotify.com/album/6lCrWQGWQo9LsVDL94CR4k?si=97afEOrjR1WPe9AVG2pfgw "Not Mine," the title track, and then "Drinking Man" – they're not just following each other; they're wrestling in the dirt. This EP...

Watch Me Die Inside and their newest EP, "Infinity Fall III", document the modern human collapsing under its own weight, offering an experience that mentally exhausted me in the most brilliant way possible. The expansive artistic universe forged by Aleph demands attention, treating the audience as active Witnesses rather than casual bystanders. The resulting modern metal and cinematic fusion feels terrifyingly literal. It operates...