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By Kit Brown I was first introduced to Savannah’s sludge-metal quintet KYLESA last year when I saw them as a supporting act on MASTODON’s...
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: Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann When I first saw the lineup for the 2010 DECIBEL DEFIANCE TOUR, I did the following in order: 1. Shit...
By Ben Apatoff They've got a band name that's impossible to take seriously. As with their last album, their third release's title sounds like...
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 Everything that you could guess about BISON B.C.'s music from their name is probably true. It can shift a plodding stomp...
By Ben Apatoff According to founding guitarist BEN WEINMAN, the title of THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN's new album means "being in a situation where...
By Ben Apatoff Why bother reviewing a new album by SLAYER? You'll enjoy it if you liked the last few, and you'll steer clear...
By Ben Apatoff Call it "Deeper Colors." Approximately two years after BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME leapt into headliner status on Colors, they've plunged...
By Ben Apatoff UPDATE: You can now stream the entire disc on the band's MySpace page. (Also, don't miss our epic live footage of...
By Ben Apatoff It may not be fair to compare DOOMRIDERS to guitarist/vocalist NATE NEWTON's better known day job, but Darkness Come Alive delivers...
JOB FOR A COWBOY may be death metal's answer to MATISYAHU. Both victims and beneficiaries of an overwhelming amount of hype, JFAC have roped...
Their Georgia home base, crossover appeal, sporadic tempo changes and blend of classic rock, stoner and alternative influences may all scream the name of...
Last weekend will be a weekend that I will never forget. Vice Magazine and Scion (the car company) teamed up to present Scion Rock...
Shouldn't these guys have exhausted their formula by now? CATTLE DECAPITATION's grindcore/death metal format doesn't leave much room for growth, and they're still drilling...
A few summers ago, the Giraffes' self-titled breakthrough established them as one of the best new hard rock bands since Queens of the Stone...
15 years after their last studio release, a famously elusive metal metal band with an enormously influential debut has followed up. That's right, boys...
Pitchfork Media tends to be frowned upon by much of the metal community as the spawning ground of many of the hipster trends that...
Testament's The Formation of Damnation has been hotly anticipated for two reasons. First, it marks the return of lead guitarist Alex Skolnick. This resets...
Every up-and-coming metal band should watch Born in the Basement. The DVD, by original Overkill drummer Lee Kundrat (aka Rat Skates), is a metal...
Just a reminder for everyone reading these, the reviews I am posting are for the best in general, not in any particular order. In...
If you are a "deathcore" fan and you haven't heard of DESPISED ICON you have been living under a fucking rock. If there was...
High on Fire's Matt Pike is one of metal's most idiosyncratic guitarists. Much of his style probably comes from necessity. As the singer and only guitarist...
