In August 2001, inside the most stale and Milwaukee of convention centers, a young Snoots stood clutching a ripe stack of CDs, just off stage right near the drum riser. Though indeed, there was no riser, nor stage. It was just another fluorescent office side room, where any number of 2,843 black/death/grind/punk/goth metal bands were all paid-to-playing simultaneously on the limitless beige of corporate carpets. That Saturday afternoon was the much-anticipated spectacle of Immolation; to see both the legendary band as a whole and Alex Hernandez’ incomprehensible hi-hat work in particular, the chaotic and sublime Close to a World Below … Continue reading Review: Immolation – Acts of God