First, a little shit talking: When it comes to adherence to what I can best describe as the sanctity of a genre’s tenets, metalheads tend to be a bit more zealous than fans of other music. We like things the way we like them, goddammit, and change confuses and scares us more than most. We probably need therapy for that. But it’s hard to deny that the metal-to-country genre pivot has historically been- and I say this generously- fucking dogshit. Devin Townsend may have pulled off a solid album with Casualties of Cool (which ironically is the only album in the … Continue reading Review: Oceans of Slumber – Starlight and Ash