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Agrimonia has been pushing their brand of outside art form further away from the center of the circle pit for a decade and, on...
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Agrimonia has been pushing their brand of outside art form further away from the center of the circle pit for a decade and, on...
“Hearing is for life, wear fucking earplugs at shows”
Originally released in 2003, The Beyond has always stood out in Cult of Luna’s discography as the most direct and immediate of their recordings.
There’s something to be said for spontaneity, capturing the heart and soul of a composition on the fly, not over thinking and simply setting...
Sweet Death and Ecstasy offers a healthy demonstration of Midnight's penchant for writing rebar rigid heavy metal that salutes the rocking past while simultaneously...
The ten tracks on offer span the width and breathe of the Godflesh oeuvre, sounding as rhythmically calculating and drill-press noisy as early works...
The Dusk in Us is album number nine and possesses all the thematic and visual doom ‘n’ gloom as has always been the case,...
I’m going to pull an Iron Monkey myself and piss off most of you (primarily, the old-school and traditionalists) by proclaiming 9-13 a successor...
If Ugly Produce ended at the halfway point, we might be heralding it as a modern masterpiece; we’d also be referring to it as...
To the untrained ear, this review is nothing but nerdy hair splitting; your significant other who knows nothing about metal and your mom will...
‘All that down home Celtic imagery and presentation is well and good, but does it rock,’ I hear you asking. Well, parts of it...
Where the band, and Through Aching Aeons, is coming from is where they started off, albeit with years of experience and the restlessness of...
"...contribute customarily down-picked thunder and chug that recall as much bright and sassy new school sludge as it does mid-tempo Bolt Thrower-inspired wrist-slitter riffs...
Melodic rock/AOR may not be as overtly popular as it was when bands were selling millions, but the “scene” appears to be as strong...
Trumpeting Ecstasy takes is one that follows the course and structure of the band’s live show and having Full of Hell pretty much put...
When I sat down to review this, I wasn't sure what there would be to say about an album comprised of live versions of...
Whether you’re a fan or not, it has to be recognized that there’s no band like the singular, shape-shifting force of musical nature and...
Black Star Riders emerged when Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham had new material kicking around which he initially intended to showcase on a new...
If you were expecting any amount of originality from Ranger’s second full length, you’ll definitely want to check that expectation at the door. If...
Whether you think positively or negatively about Hammerfall, the Swedes have to be respected for being one of the initial bands to break heavy...
Brain Tentacles obviously has connections to the jazz world, though they’re tempered with spines of noise rock, ambient, sludge, doom, progressive weirdness and space...