Album Reviews

Wrought Iron Hex Wreak Noisy Havoc With New Batch Of Raucous Rawk On Hexes & Halos

There’s nothing quite like tuning into some new Wrought Iron Hex and being treated to the best the NYC Heavy Music scene had to offer in the ’90’s (Girls Against Boys, Unsane, Prong) but “Boston-ized” (Totally a word). Add in some early Clutch in there (The intro to “Disco Creep” [...]

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Death Rattle Deliver Monstrous New Metal Masterpiece With The Moral Chokehold

Fun fact! We’d been sitting on a review for lead single “Malthusian Dependency” for quite some time because, as it happens more often than not, we let it fall by the wayside for too long and had to move onto the next thing. But, as luck would have it, that [...]

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Glacier Keeps Summer Cool With New EP More Distant/More Violent Before A Slew Of Live Shows

Gearing up for what’s sure to be one of the most talked about shows of the summer supporting the mighty Pelican along with Austin’s Porcelain on July 21st at The Sinclair (More on that later), Boston’s homegrown progenitors of all things modern Instru-Metal Post-heaviness (DEFINITELY a sub-genre) in Glacier ready [...]

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Our Most Anticipated Release Of 2025 Has Arrived As Pixel Grip Delivers Elite Electro Ecstasy On Percepticide: The Death of Reality

If you happened to catch our annual new year preview post, you might’ve noticed that the top spot went to Chicago Electro/Darkwave/something trio Pixel Grip (And if you didn’t catch it, dive in right here). Now, at the time, we knew nothing about what would come to be known as [...]

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Replicant Return With Best Batch Of Neo-Noir ElectroSynth To Date On DAYBREAKER

This is one of the MANY times we get super excited for a new release, get an early copy of said new release, then squander the lead time for said new release until it’s (almost) too late. That’s not to say we’re not listening to said release incessantly, just more [...]

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Buick Audra Crafts Catchy Yet Cathartic “Sonic Collages” Across Inimitably Intimate New Solo LP ADULT CHILD

As it stands right now, we are already at war with ourselves regarding the RNRF end of the year best list… which is not only 6 months out from having to be finished but also neglecting all the other records still to come in 2025. The problem is there are [...]

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