Review: Soilwork
Soilwork ““A Predator’s Portrait”” (Nuclear Blast) I’’ve been told that people are libel to get a little crazy if the find out I got the latest from Swedish act Soilwork, “A Predator’s Portrait” and its no surprise. With a…
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Review: Swan
Swan ““Pathogen”” (Synthetic Biological Research) Swan is sort of Man is the Bastard meets Tool, but in a good way. Two voices during most of the songs. One is a scream the other a higher pitched, occasionally on key, possibly…
Review: Tracy + The Plastics
Tracy + The Plastics ““Muscler’s Guide to Videonics”” (Chainsaw Records) What the hell IS this? Tracy + The Plastics (the Plastics referring to her keyboard + sampler and drum machine) is an exercise in very self-indulgent wankery utilizing said plastics.…
Review: Trick Daddy
Trick Daddy ““Thugs Are Us”” (Slip-N-Slide / Atlantic Records) Like most rap albums nowadays, this album is more of a compilation album of the whole Slip-N-Slide family than it is a solo album of Trick Daddy. However, unlike most rap…
Review: Waterdown
Waterdown ““Draw a Smiling Face”” (Two Friends Recordings) This tantalizingly short, four song EP from Germany’s Waterdown gives a taste of good things to come from the land of sausages and nice cars. Waterdown combines the ferocity and passion of…
Review: The Worldwide Tribute to The Real Oi”
Various Artists ““The Worldwide Tribute to The Real Oi”” (I Scream Records / Triple Crown Records) “TWTTTRO” contains some of today’s best hardcore bands paying a long overdue tribute to their Oi forefathers. Oi developed in the late 70s-early 80s in…
Review: Marz
Marz ““Lung Fu Mo She”” (E-Magine Entertainment, Inc.) Finally someone has it right. Not to say that every one of you rap-metal bands out there has it wrong, but for once there’s a successful effort to take this “new” genre…
Review: Nonpoint
Nonpoint ““Statement”” (MCA Records) A friend recently warned me about a news report he saw on TV concerning music and kids, stating “You now, there’s a lot of stuff out there they say can be bad for kids.” I immediately…
Review: The Peacocks
The Peacocks ““Angel”” (Asian Man Records) The Peacocks seem to pull their style from the cream of every decade since the Great Depression. The general drive is definitely punk and rockabilly, but the smooth standup bass and sparkling hollow body…
Review: Pennywise
Pennywise ““Land of the Free?”” (Epitaph) Ever get that feeling? You know, that deep burning inside your heart, mind starts to race, palms and the back of your neck become cold and clammy? New release from Pennywise. I’ll admit to…