Tag: Rock
Rebel Meets Rebel – Self Titled Review
Back in 2004, I had the privilege of interviewing Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul during a local stop with Damageplan on the Headbanger’s Ball Tour. Two of the nicest guys you could ever hope to …
Tool – 10,000 Days Review
Matthew Cooper’s take: I’ll make two things clear. First, in certain cases the most helpful thing a reviewer can do is to make his opinions on a band’s prior work as clear as his thoughts …
Melvins – Houdini Live 2005: A Live History Of Gluttony And Lust Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. As a longhaired, greasy teenager I grasped the Melvin’s Houdini with feverish hands, like it was a secret passage of the Bible intended specifically for the sons of atheist parents. Kurt Cobain’s legend …
Fields Of The Nephilim – Mourning Sun Review
South London’s Carl McCoy has taken fans Fields of the Nephilim on an interesting journey over the past 20 years. McCoy grew up in an environment steeped in religion, and found his days as a …
Oxbow – Love That’s Last Review
Originally written by Doug Moore. It’s hard to believe that Oxbow has been around for nearly twenty years now. It’d be hard to believe that anything as stubbornly atypical and unfriendly as these Californian lunatics could last …
The Gathering – Home Review
Originally written by Jeremy Garner I’ve always got a kick out of pulling some of my records of The Gathering around my friends and watching their puzzled slack jawed expressions as their light tones floated through …
3 – Wake Pig (Reissue) Review
I was sort of hoping, maybe beyond hope, that I was reviewing an actual 3 cd – 3 being the Dischord band I was very into circa 1990 or so. I loved that band…shit I …
Saxon – Dogs of War (Reissue)
Originally written by Chris Chellis. With an uncompromising hard rock aesthetic, Saxon released Dogs of War in 1995 and it has now been re-released with live editions of Dogs of War’s “The Great White Buffalo” and the classic “Denim & …