Tag: Punk
Early Graves – Goner Review
San Francisco’s Early Graves blends into their crusty, sludgy hybrid-metal some noticeable dashes of grindcore, death metal and metalcore—the good kind, not the Hot Topic kind. Goner is as equally rooted in crust punk as …
The Austerity Program – Backsliders & Apostates Will Burn Review
Originally written by Ian Chainey One night, when I was spun out of my gourd on dark roast and in total dick mode, I announced that pigfuck, especially the Big Black-inspired portion, was the new …
Darkthrone – Circle The Wagons Review
First, a quick tip of the hat to the people of Peaceville Records: A pre-order of the LP version of Circle the Wagons brought it to my doorstep a full month before the official release …
Doomriders – Darkness Come Alive Review
originally written by Jim Brandon Although they’re not from here, Boston’s Doomriders remind me a lot of living in the Windy City; tradition, ground-level grime, and a whole lot of oily, sludgy groove is what …
Ludicra – The Tenant Review
I think consistency sometimes gets a bad wrap in the music world. Consistency in terms of style, not quality, obviously. While I consider myself grateful for bands that choose to stretch their boundaries (or in …
Hellbastard – The Need To Kill Review
British punk/thrash unit Hellbastard’s 1986 demo Ripper Crust is credited with putting the “crust” in crust punk. Back then, Hellbastard were an Amebix-like metallic punk band, ragged and raw, as heavily influenced by anarchist collectives …
Struck By Lightning – Serpents Review
According to the National Lightning Safety Institute, the odds of being struck by lightning in a given year are one in 280,000. The odds of being struck sometime during an eighty year lifespan? Still one …
Green Jelly – Musick To Insult Your Intelligence By Review
With an album title like that, I’m not certain one can expect a review more favorable than this… Some fifteen years since their last release, comedy metal troupe Green Jelly returns with a new record, this …