Spotlight – 36: Haze XXL

Now, I know that those No Anchor dudes are going to appreciate this, even if no one else does.

This is some fucking freaking sweet guitar and drowned noise and heavy instrumental sound and calamitous metal from the head dude at Amphetamine Reptile Records, Tom Hazelmyer, ex-Halo of Flies. (He makes dementoid toys and designs books now. Nice.) It’s like all your darkest nightmares about watching the God Bullies and Cex and Big Black come back to bite you hard in the flabbiest part of your flabby underbelly. It doesn’t stop. It doesn’t end. I’ve been listening to its warped, wrenched groove for three hours now on the headphones, and it’s still mutating…

by Everett True

My name is Everett True. I am a music critic. This is what I do. I criticise music. The clue is in my job description – music critic. I do not consider myself a journalist, as I do not research or report hard news. I do not consider myself a commentator as I believe that everyone should be a participant. I criticise people and in return I am not surprised if other people criticise me. It is part of the whole deal of being in the public arena. I am Everett True. Believe in me and I have power like a God. Quit believing in me and I no longer exist.