Nocturnal Rites ““Afterlife”” (Century Media) Power metal is way oversaturated these days trying to be the next Iron Maiden or Judas Priest. Nocturnal Rites is different in that they don’t even want to be like that. They do what they…
The Limes ““Turn Your Lights Off”” (Deluxe Records) Hip rock. The kind that sports shades in a nightclub and always seems to have the chick on its arm. The kind that knows the value of pumping guitars that hit the…
Midget Handjob ““Midnight Snack Break at The Poodle Factory”” (Epitaph) Do you remember those strange kids from high school? The ones that would wear the same clothes day after day and would make weird noises while Ms. Johnson was explaining…
El Centro ““Alto”” (Finger Records) A scattered rock band embracing the rock sound ranging from Bad Religion brand of punk rock flavor to the bar chord riffs with some lighter ska touched rock jams ala Sublime. The Southern California sound…
Green Day ““Warning”” (Reprise Records) It’s been about three years since we’ve heard new music from Green Day. Not that the threesome has stayed out of the limelight, recently appearing on this years Warped Tour, and playing scattered shows here…
Immolation ““Close to a World Below”” (Metal Blade) Angry pissed of brutal dark stuff. There’s some serious issues with the whole concept of religion as that is the dominating, no…the only them discussed. The kind of stuff your mom might…
Dicky B. Hardy ““I Whistle You Dance”” (Taang Records) A lot of good punk is coming out of Europe these days. Millencolin, Wizo, and a whole host of others have crossed the Atlantic and found their fair share of popularity…
Dropkick Murhpy’s / The Business ““Mob Mentality”” (Taang! Records) Dropkick Murphy’s have been around for years, and strutted along on the fine line of cool punk/sellout punk. You know, the people who bag on Swingin Utters because they are ‘too…