Lyrics and theming can add a lot to my enjoyment of an album. The Human Cost’s Gundam-derived themes of the psychological and physical horrors a government will put people through to contort them into killing machines add a visceral thrill to the riffs for me, as does the paradoxical enjoyment of the thrills of combat. As to the latter feeling, Stormland has long channeled that Bolt Thrower, adrenaline-in-the-fight feeling, without aping Bolt Thrower’s sound. This is Stormland’s best attempt yet to persuade the metalliterati who haven’t watched Gundam yet to watch Gundam. At the risk of sounding like a metal … Continue reading Review: Stormland — The Human Cost