Kim Kelly’s Riff Wrecks Vol. III

by Kim Kelly

I snuck this edition of Riff Wrecks in right under the wire, but the upside was I got to write about gory death metal on Easter. As any current or former Catholic can tell you, this particular religious holiday is one of the more fun ones on the (Gregorian) calendar; there’s chocolate, there are bunnies, there are Easter egg hunts, and if you want to get real orthodox with it, there’s a neat story about a chill zombie dude strolling out of a tomb and dipsetting into the sky. With that in mind, I decided to spice up today’s offerings with some especially blasphemous aural torments, because I remain my mother’s “devil child” (as she dubbed me back when I was still just a budding apostate). I had to go to Mass and CCD and all of that throughout my entire childhood, so I think I’ve earned the right to be as sacrilegious as I want—just don’t tell my grandma, okay? 

Also, I’m in a very metal mood today because I jut sent out the first edition of my brand-new metal newsletter, Salvo! If you’ve enjoyed my scattered thoughts and music recommendations here in the Hydra-verse, you’ll love what happens when I go long on metal’s best, brightest, and most brutal. It’s all going down here, and subscriptions are cheap as chips. Hail Satan, support independent metal media!