Navjot Kaur
SOUNDGARDEN: ALIVE [AND RESURRECTED] IN THE SUPERUNKNOWN
By Navjot Kaur Sobti
“I think getting back together would take the lid off…and possibly change what to me [seemed] like the perfect lifespan [for] the band. I can’t think of any reason to mess with that.”
The above would be a short extract of Cornell’s statement just a good three years ago, post the disbanding of [...]
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 [...]
A GRINDCORE TAKE ON SHIRO ISHII
Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Shiro Ishii is comprised of a modest quadruplet: Haulenbeek, Spence, Freire, and Cutrer. Formed in February of 2008 and previously consisting of just three members, Cutrer is the newest addition to the band: assimilated into the lineup this past September as their “Lakhdive Insurgent.” Paralleling this verbal reduction to primal [...]
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