The best music makes you feel something. It communicates something universal and beyond words. You can’t put your finger on it but you know when you find it. This quality can be traced back and found in the output of artists such as Neil Young and Steve Earle, in country music, in old time American… Continue reading Album Review: Wino’s Forever Gone (Ripple, June 26th)
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Brandy And The Butcher Release New Single
South Carolina punk rockers Brandy And The Butcher have unleashed the first single, “Ballerina,” off their debut LP Dick Circus. Check it out below! Dick Circus by Brandy and the Butcher Dick Circus is, ahem, coming to town on August 21st, 2020 in digital and vinyl formats. Fans of 70s and 80s punk and… Continue reading Brandy And The Butcher Release New Single
Album Review: Barren Womb’s Lizard Lounge (Loyal Blood Records, May 22nd)
Believe it or not, this publication has a little bit of history with this hard-charging Norwegian/Finnish duo. We were one of the first US publications to review Barren Womb’s excellent debut, The Sun’s Not Yellow, It’s Chicken back in 2014; the track “Kill Hicks” was featured on our 2014 compilation Quality Control Volume 2. In addition, when… Continue reading Album Review: Barren Womb’s Lizard Lounge (Loyal Blood Records, May 22nd)
Album Review: Stygian Crown (s/t, Cruz Del Sur)
Scanning the press release for Stygian Crown’s upcoming, self-titled release, a phrase jumped off my screen: “Candlethrower.” For the uninitiated, it might seem like an ill-placed promo for the newest Olympic sport. For the extreme metal fan it immediately brings two bands into play: Candlemass and Bolt Thrower. Both outfits constitute giants in their respective… Continue reading Album Review: Stygian Crown (s/t, Cruz Del Sur)
Listening Lately: Monday Afternoon Quarantine with Sorcerer, Black Rainbows, and Volcanova
Nothing to do these days except drink beer and listen to music in my house, so here goes… First on deck, we’ve got Sorcerer’s upcoming album Lamenting of the Innocent. Due out via Metal Blade on May 29th, the classic Swedish outfit tells a tale of medieval witch hunts from a variety of perspectives —… Continue reading Listening Lately: Monday Afternoon Quarantine with Sorcerer, Black Rainbows, and Volcanova
Album Review: Leaves of Yesteryear by Green Carnation
Leaves of Yesteryear provides everything one could hope for in the first new release in 14 years from Norwegian prog-doom-psych-metal titans Green Carnation. Within the first minute of the opening title track we have spoken word samples about loneliness, all-encompassing doom riffs, mournfully longing melodies and necro-prog Floydisms replete with brooding synths. Did I mention… Continue reading Album Review: Leaves of Yesteryear by Green Carnation
Album Review: Hemotoxin – Restructure the Molded Mind
By Nikita Alekseyevich Khrenov We’ve had thrash for several decades now. So many bands have picked up their instruments and just pushed their creativity, endurance, and endurance to the absolute limit with the genre. Now more than ever, it’s incredibly difficult for thrash artists to stand out from the pack, though not for Bay area outfit… Continue reading Album Review: Hemotoxin – Restructure the Molded Mind