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Would Valley of Smoke continue down the same path the band had been carving out for themselves since their inception, or delve into new...
by James Zalucky Before saying anything else, I'll admit that I wasn't expecting very much from this album. I never really liked MONSTER MAGNET,...
By: Navjot Kaur Sobti Let’s be forthright. When I think “Hostility,” I think: Pantera. Hardcore. Pounding fists, and uncontrollable fits of vulgar, unrestrained rage....
by: Navjot Kaur Sobti “The path to salvation is an excuse for aberrations:” A warm welcoming note on the packaging of Nuclear’s Jehovirus. You...
By Ben Apatoff Fear no more. Denver deathgrinders CEPHALIC CARNAGE still sound brutal on Misled by Certainty, their first album without mainstay guitarist ZAC...
By Ben Apatoff LORDI look like GWAR. Now that that's out of the way, remember that originality is overrated, and that being a pioneer...
We sent old-school death metal fan James Zalucky to the NY stop of the Summer Slaughter tour to get an old school fan's perspective...
By Ben Apatoff Even if his leering mug didn't greet you on the cover, any headbanger worth his horns could tell who wrote this...
by: Joseph Romanowski I’m not a huge fan of shtick. I don’t know. Maybe it’s because I haven’t been a teenager for many years...
By Ben Apatoff The title (Collisions and Castaways) and cover art (a treasure chest washed upon the shore) of Alaskans 36 CRAZYFISTS' sixth album...
By Ben Apatoff Five records into their career, NORMA JEAN aren't losing any energy. Most metalcore vocalists could learn from CORY BRANDAN's ferocious clean...
By: Navjot Kaur Sobti Now, I’m not usually a chick who has the patience to get through most doom metal, unless it’s my bedtime,...
Knowing I was about to go see the Melvins for the first time and ISIS for the last time, I knew I had to...
By Ben Apatoff The cover art suggests that they've missed ALICE IN CHAINS' comeback. The title is taken from a a poem that's almost...
by Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann “Cry for help.” A single drum sounds, echoing into nothingness. Time after time it comes, foreshadowing the dark and depraved...
By Ben Apatoff The leading force in spacey, ambient art-metal recently announced their demise, leaving their influence to an overwhelming number of subpar imitators...
By: Shannon Joy I've spent most summers of my adult life running the festival circuit throughout Europe, though oddly enough, I've never experienced their...
By Ben Apatoff Music enthusiasts may know ATTILA as a terrible psychedelic rock band from the late '60s. They're deservedly absent from most people's...
By Ben Apatoff Like any remotely interesting hardcore band these days, CANCER BATS don't play it straight-up. The Canadian punks have a strong southern...
By Ben Apatoff “Legend” is one of the most overused terms in music writing, but SLASH unquestionably deserves it. Don’t kid yourself into thinking...
By Ben Apatoff On 2008's The Common Man Collapse, Chicago's VEIL OF MAYA brandished a cerebral form of deathcore that had no regard for...
By Ben Apatoff Everything that you could guess about BISON B.C.'s music from their name is probably true. It can shift a plodding stomp...
by Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann Whenever I read a review about an album, song or live show, I can't help but ask myself, "Who the...
