Menu

1 / 19

Fire-Toolz: Lavender Networks

Pitchfork·Andrew Ryce·6 months ago
#lfaTLxWy
#intcid#privacypolicy#spiders#metal#marcloid
Reading 0:00
15s threshold

Every fan has a different way of describing the absolutely bonkers music that Angel Marcloid makes as Fire-Toolz . Her songs are effortlessly virtuosic and unapologetically epic, built like a web woven by a caffeinated spider , as she screeches over fidgety riffs and dazzling synth runs. Some might call it vaporwave; for others, it’s primarily black metal, or jazz fusion. Here’s my take on it: Fire-Toolz is progressive metal, an internet-brained update on bands like Queensrÿche and Dream Theater, whose albums are like novels for a certain kind of nerdy metalhead. On her Warp debut Lavender Networks, Marcloid runs with these inspirations to build a record more like a classic ’80s metal LP—ballads, riffs, heroic journeys—rather than the fidgety freneticism of her past work.…

Continue reading — create a free account

Join HashtagPLUS to read full articles, follow hashtags, vote, and join the conversation.