Joe Deninzon “The Adventures of Stratospheerius” (D-Zone Entertainment) Joe Deninzon is a fiddle player. He had his first chance to back a major artist on the violin at age 16. Dude was working with serious musicians when he was 16.…
Dionysus “Sign of Truth” (The End Records) It’s kind of like if a power metal band was heavily influenced by Queen’s soundtrack for 1980’s Flash Gordon. People today watch the Dino De Laurentiis production of Flash Gordon for camp value,…
Dogwood “Seismic” (Tooth and Nail) Holy shit! NOFX got drunk one night, knocked up emo music, and had a kid named Dogwood! Dogwood is a feisty little bugger with a grudge against the US, or so I gathered from the…
El Gigante “The Official Guide To Loss” (Tiberius Records) I have to admit that I made a slight pre-judgement on this CD. I wasn’t into the cover so I threw it in thinking It might suck. Well, I should just…
Eternal Gray “Kindless” (Raven Music) What we have here is what your children call “death metal.” As concerned parents you should know a little something about this “Death Metal” and what the practitioners of this form of music are preaching…
E Town Concrete “The Renaissance” (Razor & Tie Records) Just another redundant rap rock recording comes to you directly from the annals of E Town Concrete. The riffs are boring; metal heads have been butchering this three and four chord…
Fiver ““Here It Comes”” (Devil In The Woods) I got to say, the first few times I listened to “Here It Comes” it just didn’t seem to click for me. Then I took the album sleeve’s advice and listened to…
Hollywood Hate “Product of Our Environment” (TKO Records) The first track, “Another Fine Mess” starts with a fantastic crashing din of heavy guitars followed by rapid lyrics spit from the mouth of Scott Wilkins. Assembled from leftover pieces of broken…
Intro5pect “Self-Titled” (A-F Records) “Go, fight, know your rights / Demand your society provide a better life” goes the chorus of “Rights”, the first track from Intro5pect’s first full-length album. Combining the raw guitars of punk, DJ breakbeats, a few…
Cave In “Tides of Tomorrow” (Hydrahead Records) Stunning music to accompany a stunning package. CD art rarely gets a mention from me, but the cover art to “Tides of Tomorrow” is striking in itself. Cave In does well to create…