Review: Jag Panzer
Jag Panzer “Decade of the Nail-spiked Bat” (Century Media) I had to do some research, but what we have here is a double CD release on which Jag Panzer has re-recorded (or sometimes just remastered?) old classics from their back…
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Review: Lewis Black
Lewis Black “Rules of Enragement” (Comedy Central) Hilarious comedy album. Lewis Black is a comedic fucking genius, molesting numerous subjects and topics from Minnesota to homeland security. It’s a good album, but if you could only afford this or the…
Review: Luxt
Luxt “American Beast” (Blackliner Records) Sacramento, Ca’s Luxt have attempted to up the ante on their latest release “American Beast”. Originality is definitely something that’s in Luxt’s corner here. They have crafted a unique and potent sound unlike what pollutes…
Review: Manic Hispanic
Manic Hispanic “The Menudo Incident” (BYO Records) Two words for you: fucking brilliant. Get your Pendleton and do-rag, Manic Hispanic is re-releasing their absolutely hilarious 1996 album that began it all, “The Menudo Incident” (a spoof of Guns n’ Roses’…
Review: Evergreen Terrace
Evergreen Terrace “Losing All Hope is Freedom” (Indianola) Wahh? This release is like forty years old. Actually, it’s two, but that’s a long time in music years. Two years ago, Earth Crisis was a band, those goofy numetal clowns in…
Review: From Autumn To Ashes
From Autumn To Ashes “The Fiction We Live” (Vagrant) The more ‘The Fiction We Live’ rattles around in my trusty old CD player, the more I realize that From Autumn to Ashes are being dealt one crummy hand. While Avenged…
Review: Garrison
Garrison “The Silhouette” (Revelation) I’m not sure if I like these guys: 1) Because of the brilliant parentheses in their first song title, “Come On Die Young (No Seriously),” 2) Or because they’ve got a firm grasp on ass-churning punk…
Review: D.O.A.
D.O.A. “War and Peace” (Sudden Death Records) “War and Peace” is a superb celebration of Canadian punks D.O.A.’s 25 years of tearing it up and preaching more power for the people. Known for their extremely political stance, this anthology captures…
Review: Defenders of Metal
Defenders of Metal “Volume 1 – The Seduction” (Man in Black Music) An eighteen-track compilation of bands from the (Man In Black) record label. I don’t know how to review a compilation. It seems cruel and unusual that I should…
Review: Death Machine
Death Machine “Self-Titled” (Sensory Dark) Dark and gloomy metal. Lots of harshed out whispery and screaming vocals, double bass pummeling, riff stacked upon riff type metal. It’s all “angry” and “feel my pain” like the lyrical content of a Staind…