Unconventional metal reviews without a heart.
https://www.deathmetal.org/news/sadistic-metal-reviews-dumpster-rape-edition/
@amerika Some of these I came across in my listening to recent material (specifically, Hammerdrone, Cortege, Atomic Aggressor, and Helcaraxe). I'm amazed at how much material I could review by saying "Almost good, but mostly just a collection of cool ideas that somebody else already did with no unifying principle".
"No unifying principle" should be part of the standard review:
"Doe some cool stuff with this sort of thing but has no unifying principle, so it's OK if you like this sort of thing I guess."
@basileion
Or even multiple subflavors.
"Do you like boring droning doom-death but with bluesy solos? How about dissonant black metal that mixes in indie rock and gospel music? Get everything at your 31 flavors of metal!"