Tag: Rock
Motorhead – Bad Magic Review
Impermanence is the nature of things. Iron corrodes; fire burns out; stone erodes; everything proceeds at its own pace towards nothingness. Bodies break and people die, but legends live on as long as there are …
Black Space Riders – Refugeeum Review
Black Space Riders play what most folks call space rock and the band itself refers to as the New Wave of Heavy Psychedelic Space Rock. Setting aside any quibbles about the existence of various Waves …
Amorphis – Under The Red Cloud Review
Whether it’s publicly admitted or not, one of the most frustrating things about surviving as a longstanding metal band, apart from the obvious lack of money flow in 2015, must be fans’ persistent weeping about …
Publicist UK – Forgive Yourself Review
So I guess that, underneath this suave and collected demeanor, I’ve always been something of a mopey bastard. I say that, because post-punk, in almost all its forms, has always appealed to me greatly, from …
Sacri Monti – Sacri Monti Review
The psychedelic heavy rock revival out of SoCal may have some people sneering with the same kind of skepticism caused by other retro explosions (“occult rock,” the thrash revival, etc.), but hidden in the clubs …
Graveyard Shifters – High Heels & Broken Bones
Allegedly, Graveyard Shifters’ 2014 EP Brainwashed By Moonshine was paid for with the money earned from recycling the empty alcohol bottles that littered their rehearsal space. I have a few doubts as to the veracity …
Faith No More – Sol Invictus Review
In 1995, I graduated high school. I kept in touch with a few of my classmates, but for the most part never saw or spoke to most of them after that. In 2005, they held …
Death Alley – Black Magick Boogieland Review
For as long as rock’n’roll bands have been making rock’n’roll records, there’s been criticism of those records for not accurately or adequately capturing the inherent energy of rock. There are a few exceptions, of course …