Best of 2011
Not too long ago, I went over to Double-Down Saloon to celebrate Frank’s birthday with the rest of the crew from Metal Injection and...
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Not too long ago, I went over to Double-Down Saloon to celebrate Frank’s birthday with the rest of the crew from Metal Injection and...
Vildhjarta are a Swedish troupe of double vocalled, triple guitared Swedes with a large drumkit and a souped up bass. They sound like a...
Animals as Leaders have slowly been building momentum since the release of their self-titled debut album in 2009. Just two years later Tosin Abasi...
You may or may not have been surprised when Seth Putnam passed away over the summer – hard living had already put him into...
If Life's Blood were an unearthed gem from the 80's its value as a lost classic would be unassailable. The vast majority of modern, retro-based...
There's this movie: Werewolves on Wheels. It came out in 1971 and combined one theme that was hugely popular at the time (bikers) with...
I like my grind crunchy and compact, I like my death vibrant and zesty. Simply tossing the two together does not guarantee results. Sulaco,...
Rue might as well be a new band. They have one other full length under their belt, but that was back in 2003… since...
"Filth flarrin' flarrin' filth!" Eddie Murphy was channeling a repulsed Bill Cosby when he uttered those words on 1987's Raw, but he might as...
Cynic has always been a band known for defying the confines of any particular genre. Their classic, 1993 debut Focus remains unrivaled by most...
Axiomatic in all technical variants of heavy metal – whether it be prog, thrash, death or otherwise – is that it is as much...
Think of the new Megadeth album like this: take Endgame and add a large dose of Youthanasia and Countdown to Extinction, then mix it...
I’ve seen Carnifex live a couple of times, first at Summer Slaughter in 2010, and again this past spring at New England Metal and...
In the heart of every music fan there is a shrine of sound, a cache of albums that comprise our sonic comfort zone. Most...
Upon graduating from At a Loss Recordings to Southern Lord for their third album, 2009's Chronomega, Bay Area sludge purveyors Black Cobra clearly felt...
With Fuck the Facts, there is no point of reference. The band's fierce creativity renders metal genre taxonomy useless. Beyond grindworthy vocals, their past...
With all due respect to New Orleans, the center of the sludge universe has in recent years shifted to Savannah, Georgia, that sleepy burg...
On a cold February evening this year, I went to see Absu and Immortal play at the Gramercy Theater in NYC. Although I mainly...
Rwake have never been the type of band to look at a wheel and decide it needs reinventing. This is not a knock… music...
Time off has been good to Primus. Having seemingly fizzled out with 1999's artistically disastrous Antipop – stunt cast with such head-scratching guest appearances...
Crack the Skye left me with some rather bittersweet and curious feelings towards the future and direction of Mastodon, one of the genre’s most...
With Machine Head, I have to try my best to be fair. 2007’s The Blackening was an awesome record, but I’ve always had trouble...
