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by James Zalucky When it comes to THE ACACIA STRAIN, I usually enjoy their music live rather than on record. Vincent Bennett's brutalizing growls...
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 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 Like recent SLAYER or IRON MAIDEN, every new MEGADETH release comes an inevitable wave of "return to form" and "best since...
Now that hipsters, non-metal rock fans, ERIC CLAPTON's label, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN's producer and mainstream publications have caught on, you no longer need underground metal...
I love death metal. Like, LOVE it. Without the glorious, blood-drenched cacophonies of Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Bolt Thrower, Obituary, and Deicide, my tender...
The name Animal is apt. Two records ago, on 2003's Shut It Down, Animosity developed vertebrae, of thrash, death metal, and hardcore punk. On...
Below is the 2nd edition of Crustcake Presents. Every week, renowned music blogger Crustcake will present to you an album that will sync with...
Seemingly every metal label now has an entry in the retro thrash sweepstakes; Relapse's is Dekapitator. But to the Bay Area band's credit, it...
Dokken's 1979 demo, Back in the Streets (available for free download here), is worth hearing, as it's quite unlike what the name Dokken typically...
With metal progressing and in some ways regressing back to the days of yore, when a riff could stand for itself with its intricacy...
