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BEACH HOUSE
By Abigail Devora
Ethereal vocals and poetic lyrics craft Beach House’s newly released Teen Dream. This is the third album by the Baltimore indie pop outfit comprised of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally.
The duo creates calming compositions that put the listener at ease. In the band’s single, “Norway”, Legrand’s voice lightly layers itself on top of [...]
LIL’ WAYNE
By Anthony Benigno
Two years ago, Lil Wayne’s cockamamie plan to make a rock album called Rebirth has raised a lot of eyebrows and a lot of questions. Does Wayne know the first thing about how to make a rock song? And even if he does, would it be any good? And even if it were, [...]
ROB ZOMBIE
By Anthony Benigno
Ready to shock-rock like it’s 1999? The late ‘90s are long gone, but Rob Zombie, one of the patron saints of horror metal, is still hard at work pumping out kitschy, thumping arena-shakers with titles like “Werewolf, Baby!” and “Mars Needs Women.”
As if to illustrate his point, he’s named his latest record Hellbilly [...]
MUDVAYNE
By Cody Thomas
When “Do What You Do” was released for 2008’s “The New Game,” it was easy for Mudvayne fans to dismiss the album. Hell Yeah, Chad Gray and Greg Tribbet’s side project with Vinnie Paul, was still on their mind, resulting in a single with bigger, cheesier rock-and-roll tones. Many Mudvayne fans [...]
ULCERATE
By Navjot Kaur Sobti
Based out of Auckland, otherwise known as a small pocket in New Zealand, Ulcerate is a band that has inflamed the scene much further than its Australian home. Initially formed as Bloodwreath by guitarist Michael Hoggard, the band has come a long way, having shared the stages with some of my personal [...]
KHANATE
By Navjot Kaur Sobti
Flipping through the heavy metal stacks of CDs at our neighborhood record store, it would have been easy for me to overlook Clean Hands go Foul, the 2009 release by Khanate. I flipped the CD over, and beheld that not only is the band based out of New York City (fresh local [...]
SLAYER
Slayer albums have been a point of contention ever since Seasons in the Abyss. Since then, nothing has seemed to satisfy the entire cult known as the Slayer fan base. Another tired stab from the ageing legends is unlikely to change that.
That is not to say there is no good material on World [...]
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME
Between the Buried and Me seemed to reach their pinnacle when Colors was released in 2007. As impossible as it may seem, The Great Misdirect is an improvement.
The Great Misdirect has all the technical wonder of Colors, while lead guitarist Paul Waggoner continues to play astonishingly precise riffs and solos. The improvement comes [...]
CHEVELLE
Chevelle, despite getting a bad rep for being associated with over simplistic nu-metal, always seem to put out excellent, thoughtful songwriting. “Sci-Fi Crimes” is no different. In fact, it marks another step in the bands movement towards maturity, something that older fans would be mistaken to confuse with being more radio-friendly.
Too often, bands [...]
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
Some bands wait entire careers to release their masterpiece. Machine Head’s “The Blackening” was thirteen years in the making. Behemoth took twelve, finally releasing the unparalleled “The Apostasy” two years ago.
Then there are the unfortunate bands that release their masterpiece a little too early. When The Black Dahlia Murder came out with [...]
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