Helen Money, Arriving Angels
2013 | Label: Profound Lore / Revolver
Play any of the songs on the harrowing third record by Alison Chesley — who records as Helen Money — on electric guitar, and you’d have one of the most brutal, unnerving metal records of the year. But play them as she does on cello, and — well, you still have one of the most brutal, unnerving metal records of the year. Much of this comes from Chesley’s command of dynamic. Aptly-titled album-opener “Upsetter” starts with a low thrum that skitters forward like a tarantula before erupting into slasher-film goring,… more »










