When Indianapolis-based progressive metal project Pentrilox announced "Apotheosis: The New Frontier", I genuinely didn't expect to be handed a literal digital antidepressant. But here we are. Operating entirely out of their in-house production studio, this independent outfit utterly rejects the exhausted, dystopian sci-fi tropes we've all been choking on lately. Instead, they’ve engineered a massive, heavy sonic blueprint for celestial optimism. https://open.spotify.com/album/1lXMirFmYCFLZ8CJ8LJGfi?si=oXWz-hzbSV-i2MNymOiwDA The physical force of...

Strumming the Strings of Reminiscence, Kendall Bowser Bares Her Heart on Her Latest EP, "Sober Truths". Melodic echoes of loss and longing have found a new voice in Kendall Bowser, a sensitive and introspective songwriter, who breathes life into the universal experience of yearning for "the one that got away" in her latest EP, "Sober Truths." With the lead single "Got Away," Bowser doesn't just expose...