HIPPOTRAKTOR: the riffs are calculated. The outcome is negotiable.
On ‘Annihilist’, the Belgian five-piece loosen their working methods while their protagonist tries to escape reincarnation. Everyone, it seems...
On ‘Nine’, the Chicago trio put two decades of shared experience to work on sharper riffs, restless electronics and a renewed appetite for impact. Knowing their way around has given them reasons to take another...
