Did you see how horribly that album got savaged by most reviewers? We may have been two of twelve people who liked it. I just don't get it. It's exactly the album Amebix should be making in the year 2011.

I saw them a couple times in the late '90s/early '00s, but nothing since then. And of course I missed Scott Kelly play a solo show here in Denver last weekend. (I wished it had been Von Till, though… his solo stuff is way better.)

Theater Of Hate! I should've made that connection. Yes, perfect. I keep thinking Death In June, Sol Invictus, and New Model Army.

My pleasure. If you haven't heard Arctic Flowers demo (some of the tracks were released on a split and a 7"), find it. It's even better.

I get to write mini-reviews in Loud every month, and I considered covering Zombi earlier this year. But it only barely fits under the loosely-defined metal/punk/noise umbrella of that column — mostly because of the group's association with Relapse — so I didn't. Never enough room! Even with smaller reviews, there's no…

I mentioned Cult Of Youth in Loud earlier this year (although they don't really belong in the column), but Hyden is letting me write a belated review in the regular section before year's end. But don't wait for that! Get it now. (Also: I'm jealous you saw them live.)

Easy: They're great writers with passionate and well-informed viewpoints. They inspire me every day. I wouldn't be here without them.

Sadly, there's not enough room to review everything we like. I always assumed that was obvious; just because something's not given a full review here, it doesn't mean we don't like it. Or that we've never heard of it.

Don't confuse " it didn't make my Top 15" with " it's completely below my radar." I love Zombi; saw them play a warehouse show with Orthrelm (Mick Barr's amazing pre-Krallice band) about seven years ago, and I interviewed Zombi afterward at a nearby dive bar. We had rad chat about Goblin, Trans Am, and the amazing…

The official vinyl-box-set/download release of First Four EPs was late in 2010, so I reviewed it then (and listed it at #8 on my ballot last year).

I'm too busy leading to do any reading.

I agree! I feel the same way about printed ads for food. That paper never tastes as good as it looks.

Supreme Court!?!? Shit. I knew I should've read more than half of his Wikipedia entry.

He was flabbergasted that someone would make light of the assassination of his fellow president, John F. Kennedy. That is, as soon as someone explained to him who John F. Kennedy was.

SPOILER ALERT: In one scene, Taft vociferously disapproves of the Dead Kennedys.

He did back in the day, but he stuck with his real name when RFTT first reunited back in '03(?).

I interviewed Jaz via phone around the time the self-titled album came out in '03 (an album that absolutely rules). Wow. Hell of a conversation.

Cormorant's getting covered in the December column. Might not have room for East Of The Wall, but we'll see…!

Yeah, there's definitely a little ESL song-titling going on. But the music makes up for it.

Oh, and for a quick preview of next month's column: On 11/2, we'll have a full-album stream of Taake's Noregs Vaapen; a song debut from the new Animals As Leaders; and reviews of Evile, Hull, Absu, Wolvhammer, Giant Squid, Russian Circles, Fuck The Facts, Total Abuse, plus lots more.