Tag: Rock
Germ – Grief Review
Do vocals alone make an album metal? If Martin van Drunen fronted an album featuring a classic three-piece jazz combo playing standards from the great American songbook, would you be required to call it metal? …
Satyricon – Satyricon Review
One of life’s great tragedies is the fact that you can never really, truly, completely know another person. We all live rich, stubborn, vertiginous inner lives, playing out a second-by-second drama etched on the interior …
Purson – The Circle And The Blue Door Review
Alright, folks, I’ve spent the better part of three months trying to figure out what to write about The Circle and the Blue Door, the debut album from England-based Purson. To borrow a bit from …
Megadeth – Super Collider Review
As recently as 2009’s Endgame, Megadeth was a very good band. Perhaps not a great one, but it appeared as if fans were primed to enjoy a late career surge from Dave Mustaine that included …
Victor Griffin’s In-Graved – In-Graved Review
There’s been something happening lately. You’ve probably felt it, too, most any place on this verdant sphere that you choose to call home. A shift in the smell on the wind. A faint rippling warmth …
Flotsam And Jetsam – Ugly Noise Review
Some people peak early. If you graduated high school more than five years ago, you can be guaranteed that somewhere in your hometown is someone who was once at the top of the pecking order, …
Clutch – Earth Rocker Review
“If you’re gonna do it, do it live on stage… or don’t do it at all” So proclaims frontman Neil Fallon in the opening title track of Clutch’s tenth studio album, Earth Rocker, laying down …
Ancient VVisdom – Deathlike Review
Originally written by Matt Longo My experience with Ancient VVisdom in 2012 was one of reluctant acceptance. Despite unconscious red flags, A Godlike Inferno still secured a spot in my heavy rotations list come year’s …