Review: Snuff
Snuff ““Blue Gravy: Phase 9” ” (Fat Wreck Chords) Snuff puts out their 5th cd and this one is good. Blue Gravy: Phase 9 has plenty of energy and very groovy riffs. They prove to be very versatile and dynamic…
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Review: North Side Kings
North Side Kings ““This Thing of Ours”” (Thorp Records) I live in Arizona and I have to tell you, there are some killer bands over here. I actually play in the Tucson music scene so I get to see and…
Review: Opeth
Opeth ““Blackwater Park”” (Koch) I can sum up Opeth in one word: Dynamic. It’s better than any Swedish black metal I’ve ever heard. As an added bonus, there is no mention of dragons, wizards or any of that stupid Celtic/…
Review: Primal Fear “Nuclear Fire”
Primal Fear “Nuclear Fire” (Nuclear Blast) In a world of lame power metal that just sonically squirms, trying to capture the faded glory of an earlier day and other bands, Primal Fear is hand and shoulders above the rest. The…
Review: PUYA
PUYA ““Union”” (MCA) One the most anticipated new albums. Reason? PUYA are the COOLEST latino flavored metal outfit I’ve come across yet. “This is the PUYA coming straight to ya.” Their previous album personally dubbed ‘Salsa-Metal’ showed a unit capable…
Review: Recover
Recover ““Rodeo and Picasso”” (Fueled by Ramen) What Recover has accomplished with this CD is a intertwined mix of guitar-heavy Hum/Radiohead sound with the sporadic peaks of Thursday/Refused vocals, not typically seen (done well) with a four-piece two guitar band.…
Review: Red Harvest
Red Harvest ““Cold Dark Matter”” (Relapse Records) The darkness permeates. A steady pulse of percussion… pummel pummel pummel. It rises and breathes like some bastard creation that should not move but does. It intimidates. It scares. It puts the lotion…
Review: The Sacrifice Poles
The Sacrifice Poles “Self Titled” (Robodog Records) Heard of Cave In? This is what they do when they have writers block. They create indie-rock-esque intrumental jams. (that means “no words” for you slow kids). Spacey, expansive and guitar structured, it…
Review: Saga
Saga ““House of Cards”” (Steamhammer Records) Well, a lot of the kids think prog-rock is cool now, so why not sink your teeth into a living, breathing anachronism? Formed in Toronto, Canada, Saga, like their countrymen Rush, wowwed the world…
Review: Sepulchral Feast
Various Artists “Sepulchral Feast: “A Tribute to Sepultura”” (Century Media) This little romp through Sepultura’s history by the legions of bands that have been influenced by the Brazilian powerhouse is mostly through a more straight ahead death metal approach. A…