Critical Livestream #159 (May 2025 #1) (SONG LIST IN DESCRIPTION) (LIVE REACTION!!!)

Melodic FUN-CORE? // Angel Du$t - Brand New Soul // Composer Album Reaction

Composer Reacts to Not Enough Space & Dark Divine - Eye 4 an Eye

Holding On To A Feeling // SUN KIL MOON - Duk Koo Kim // Composer Reaction & Analysis

This PROG ROCK Is INFECTIOUS // Azure - The Azdinist / Den Of Dawns // Composer Reaction & Analysis

AMAZING Drumming and Vocals // The Ocean - Silurian: Age of Sea Scorpions // Composer Reaction

Blackened-Core Emo-Gaze? // Respire - Cicatrice // Composer Reaction & Analysis

Those Acoustic Sections Are GREAT! // The Ocean - Calymmian // Composer Reaction & Analysis

EXCELLENT Microtonal Pacing // The Mercury Tree - After the Incident // Composer Reaction & Analysis

This Doesn't Sound Like Sabbath! // Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell // Composer Reaction & Analysis

I Liked Avant-Garde? // Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson - Bone Bells // Composer Reaction

Ozzy Was RIGHT // BLACK SABBATH - Killing Yourself To Live // Composer Reaction & Analysis

Critical Livestream #158 (April 2025 #4) (SONG LIST IN DESCRIPTION) (LIVE REACTION!!!)

It's a ROUGH RIDE That's Totally Worth It // Failure - Magnified // Composer Album Reaction

This Is A WEIRD One // Infinite Error - King Eater // Composer Reaction & Analysis

...Because Deathcore Wasn't EXTREME Enough // JILUKA - VENΦM // Composer Reaction & Analysis

Composer Reacts to Ihlo - Coalescence // Stunningly Gorgeous

A Smörgåsbord of Styles // Ty Segall - Warm Hands (Freedom Returned) // Composer Reaction & Analysis

SCI-FI Death Metal // BLOOD INCANTATION - The Stargate // Composer Reaction & Analysis

Composer REACTS to PORTAL // They've Improved A Lot // Omnipotent Crawling Chaos

A Zombie Cancer Black Metal Musical? // Eisregen - Krebskolonie // Composer Reaction & Analysis

Composer Re-Listens to Lightning Bolt - Dead Cowboy // Reaction & Analysis

This is How You Make A Proggy Pop Song // Asia - Time Again // Composer Reaction & Analysis

One Of My BEST ANALYSES Yet // Boris - Just Abandoned Myself // Composer Reaction & Analysis

Critical Livestream #157 (April 2025 #3) (SONG LIST IN DESCRIPTION) (LIVE REACTION!!!)

The LONGEST Prog Metal Track? // Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness // Composer Reactio

A BEAUTIFUL Celebration of Life Through Death // Tenhi - Valkama // Composer Reaction & Analysis

This Is BRUTAL! // Cryptopsy - Until There's Nothing Left // Composer Reaction & Analysis

EXPERTLY Brings The Story Together In The End // Ghinzu - Blow // Composer Reaction & Analysis

Dark Jazz STORY TIME // Mc 900 Ft Jesus - New Moon // Composer Reaction & Analysis

Incredibly HEAVY and NUANCED// La Dispute - ANXIETY PANORAMA // Composer Reaction & Analysis

GORGEOUS Black Metal // Severoth - Сонце Зійде (Sunrise Will Come) // Composer Reaction & Analysis

Converge's BEST Track? // Converge - Grim Heart / Black Rose // Composer Reaction & Analysis

NIHILISTIC METAL // Kriegsmaschine - Fear and Loathing in Gethsemane // Composer Reaction & Analysis

Layers of STRESS // black midi - Near DT, MI // Composer Reaction & Analysis

I Need More NOW! // DOLL$BOXX - Take My Chance // Composer Reaction & Analysis

New Wave Outsider Art? // Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance // Composer Reaction & Analysis

Critical Livestream #156 (April 2025 #2) (SONG LIST IN DESCRIPTION) (LIVE REACTION!!!)

Narratively IMPRESSIVE Death Metal // Alkaloid - Numen // Composer Album Reaction

A HIDDEN EMOTIONAL PATTERN // Supertramp - Fool's Overture // Composer Reaction & Analysis

PEAK SCREAMO // Static Dress - face. // Composer Reaction & Analysis

This Is A Neat Rhythmic EXERCISE // Bay City Rollers - Ricochet // Composer Reaction & Analysis

INTENSE Thematic Dissonance // Psychonaut 4 - Too Late to Call an Ambulance // Composer Reaction

I Thought I Knew This Song // Filter - Hey Man Nice Shot // Composer Reaction & Analysis

The Lyrics CHANGED My Take on the Song // Brian Eno - By This River // Composer Reaction & Analysis

Like Losing Yourself To DESPAIR // Radiohead - Blow Out // Composer Reaction & Analysis

It's Even DARKER Than You Thought // O'Brother - Absence // Composer Reaction & Analysis

A BOUNCY Song To Our Demise // Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere // Composer Reaction & Analysis

I LIKED Black Metal? // Abigor - Time Is the Sulphur in the Veins of the Saint // Composer Reaction

A GORGEOUS Musical Message // Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Anthem For No State // Composer Reaction

Critical Livestream #155 (April 2025 #1) (SONG LIST IN DESCRIPTION) (LIVE REACTION!!!)

This is WILDLY CREATIVE Black Metal // Odraza - Esperalem Tkane // Composer Album Reaction

How Are They Making That GUITAR SOUND? // Amplifier - Airborne // Composer Reaction & Analysis

Such a FUN Song // Breed - Precious Remedies Against Wanting Nothing // Composer Reaction & Analysis

EXCELLENT Post-Hardcore // Alexisonfire - Rough Hands // Composer Reaction & Analysis

INTERESTING Gaze-y Hard Rock // Glass Lungs - Misery // Composer Reaction & Analysis

POWERFUL Song. Confusing Title. // glass beach - yoshi's island // Composer Reaction & Analysis

Incredibly HEARTBREAKING // Jason Molina - Let Me Go Let Me Go Let Me Go // Composer Reaction

A GORGEOUS Multi-faceted Slow Burn // a-ha - Time and Again // Composer Reaction & Analysis

Like a Modern The Beach Boys // Drake Bell - Waiting To Say // Composer Reaction