Disparish

; video Disparish is a brand-new band featuring Toby Driver of Kayo Dot on vocals and Andrew Hock of Castevet on guitar, among others. Those bands are both pretty outré by metal standards, but Disparish’s music is conservative and maybe even a little retro…

Labyrinth Constellation, the debut full-length by zany Long Island death metal troupe Artificial Brain, has been a long time coming. They’ve been around since 2009, but their other commitments — notably, guitarist Dan Gargiulo’s duties in Revocation — have kept the band in the demo stages and away from the live circuit for almost that entire period…