Coffin Shaker –Mass Burial Announcement

Hello again, Coffin friends,

About a week ago, I made a post announcing some new features I was hoping to add to the Child Sized Coffin; one of them was a fairly ambitious music project wherein I’d take on an entire discography by a single band. After some deliberation, I am pleased to make the following announcement:

A new feature is coming to the Coffin! Entitled the MASS BURIAL, this new column will focus on reviewing an entire discography from a single band. 

In order to qualify for this treatment, a band must have at least four full length albums, and ideally (although this is negotiable) no more than eight full length albums. EPs and split albums will be included on a case by case basis, dependent on the band up for review: if these releases are of particular importance or relevance, or if they compose a large segment of the overall output of the band, they will be included; live albums, unless particularly noteworthy, important, or as matters of personal preference, will be excluded entirely. Discographies will be reviewed in chronological order, and albums will not be excluded just because the reviewer does not like them for some personal reason. In order to be considered, it is preferred that the band be one already at least somewhat known to the reviewer; however, we will review new or previously unheard bands as well, given enough time to familiarize ourselves with them so as to feel confident in the reviewing. 

Reviews will be posted individually, but will all be similarly tagged so as to hold the set together. Our goal for the present is to try and put a few of these entries together each year: rather than set the Coffins’ musical focus on whole catalogues, we want to maybe do one of these Mass Burials each season, or about four per calendar year. We are already well underway on the first one, and so for now, enthusiasm and confidence are both running very high; but it is a time and attention consuming undertaking, so we may not be able to get a second one together before the end of the year. But we are certainly going to try. We are open to suggestions for discographies to review; just leave a comment of send us an email.

For the inaugural Mass Burial, the Coffin will be looking at the career of Swedish death metal band VOMITORY. We reached this decision in the most scientific way possible: I gave my iPod to my wife and asked her to pick something, and she did. Here at the Child Sized Coffin, we strive for accuracy and legitimacy in everything we do.