Let it be known that we tried our darndest to cover The Lion’s Daughter, the former outfit featuring BLOOD MOTHER’s Rick Giordano, as much as (in)humanly possible because the second we heard the menacing quirk of the John Carpenter meets Goblin soundscape followed by Giordano’s distinct howl we were sold [...]
We had absolutely no idea what to expect when we started in on The Ringing Bell from Fuming Mouth. We knew that Drummer Jay Weinberg (Suicidal Tendencies, Slipknot) was involved in the new record. We knew they were announced for this year’s Converge-curated Saddest Day Fest (Converge Guitarist Kurt Ballou [...]
Ah, yes! The inevitable “Wow, we actually had this record for a long time now but instead of doing anything with it writing-wise we chose to enjoy it until, per usual, the release date almost crept up and bit us in our collective ass!” Some day (Not soon) we’ll learn. [...]
Beyond the first trio of records, our biggest issue with DevilDriver releases is they tend to fall off a little after the initial onslaught. And that’s not a knock on the quality but more the way the records are structured with a fast blast of furious DevilDriver songs coming right [...]
We don’t even have a category for the type of post we’re about to do. Not really an “archive” post because it wasn’t sitting in our drafts or anything but more something that’s been out for some time that we’re just now learning about which results in… whatever this is. [...]
The last time we heard from multi-instrumentalist Joshua David Thayer was late in 2025 and the release of sophomore LP, and instant “basement-fi” classic, So Little, Close To Nothing but barely six months out and JDT is back with a collection of new music that’s not necessarily a go-between before [...]
