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Pist.On Return Refreshed, Renewed, And Ready For What’s Next On Expanded Edition Of Cold World

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The ballad of Pist.On according to RNRF:

Everything old is new again, right? I first stumbled upon Brooklyn’s Pist.On while going to college in Boston. I was ending my first year in the Spring of 1996 which produced some mighty fine albums which, in turn, was cause for an especially busy time (for me) in the vibrant rawk club scene down on Landsdowne St. Having fallen in love with Life Of Agony after hearing “Through And Through” on Headbanger’s Ball, I jumped at the chance to see them at Axis on a headlining run in support of sophomore album, Ugly. Supporting them was Clutch, whom I’d already seen and loved, and some band called “pist.on”. Being a broke, underage college kid not interested in drinking at the time and too poor to linger at the merch booth, I made my way up to the front and was treated to the sonic soliloquies of Brooklyn’s Pist.On who kinda blew me away. As a HUGE Type O Negative fan, I was enthralled by both the heaviness and the harmonies displayed live and later, on record, when I eventually tracked down their debut album Number One (Coincidentally, produced by TON’s own Josh Silver).

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Death Bells Fly The Post-Punk Freak Flag Proudly On Stunning Third Outing Between Here & Everywhere

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Post-whatever is our jam, okay? Sure, we tend to lean toward the heavier here but the music that made us who we are will forever be that mid-’80’s/early ’90’s Industrial and Post-Rock noise. So it always causes our black heart to flutter whenever we discover a current artist that’s proudly flying the freak flag of old in the here and now. Like Death Bells who have a stunning new record out soon on Dais Records.

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Singles! Eldridge Rodriguez, “Scars in the Vein”

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Eldridge Rodriguez is one of those artists that you either love… or ya love? Right?!?! Like, how can you say you love music if you don’t get one of the undisputed greats?!?! It makes no sense. And we might be biased because our home base is around their home base but we’re pretty sure that if we were on the West Coast or in another country we’d still love what Eldridge Rodriguez do so very well on the regular.

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Roseneath Keep The Riff factory Open For Business On Exquisitely Electric Shine

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This one has been sitting in ye olde inbox for quite some time and we have to apologize for not bringing attention to the sounds of Roseneath sooner. But we’re here now along with Shine, the newest from Virginia’s own Roseneath.

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dropbear Bring The Loud And Lush Rawk On Vibrant Nu EP Spiralized

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EP Photo: Carla Keller; EP Art Design: Nick, Awesome Machine

Dang, not to shit on “Bystander” (Which rules!) but that lead single in no way prepares the uninitiated for what’s to come on the rest of Spiralized, dropbear’s powerfully emotive debut EP. At all. Loud and luscious, the first collection of songs from the Boston quintet who feature in their ranks a potpourri of artists representing an eclectic array of the local music scene is, quite simply, divine.

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Chat Pile Unleash A Mighty Sonic Savagery On Noise Rawk Debut God’s Country

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Imagine Godflesh and Helmet collided in the early ’90’s (Streetcleaner meets Menatime) and recorded the greatest Noise Metal record evah then subsequently forgot about it. Until now. In our minds, that’s kind of an apt round up of what you’ll hear when you dive into the debut from Oklahoma City’s Chat Pile who not only throw back, but also throw forward and, unavoidably throw down on God’s Country.

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Motel Black Deal Out Elevated Excellence On Striking Debut Humor Balance

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Diving into a record that’s virtually incomparable to current trends and artists is a refreshing yet tedious task because how will the people know what to expect? Will words be enough to entice when you can’t compare the record to something already readily known? The answer to all those conundrums in the case of Boston’s Motel Black is yes, for sure. Because great music shouldn’t need that kind of crutch, right?

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Sick N’ Beautiful Bring The Playful And The Punishing To Apocalyptic Space Opera Starstruck

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Of course to get the full appeal of the “Intergalactic Nomads” who make up Sick N’ Beautiful you need a visual accompaniment… but any outfit worth their weight knows that there has to be some substance behind the show. Luckily, Sick N’ Beautiful back up the stunning visuals displayed in their videos and look (And upcoming film!) with killer album after killer album.

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The Clay People Stay Vigilant But Are Far From Calm On Crushing Cult Hypnotica

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Let’s face the facts: there’s no such thing as a bad album from The Clay People. Our only gripe over the years has been consistency. The songs are there and the musicianship is definitely there but there’s just something in the execution with the album sequence that tends to drop the momentum after the first blast of songs. 2018’s Demon Hero… fixed that glitch in the system and now, with Cult Hypnotica, The Clay People stand on the precipice of some long awaited and much deserved greatness.

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Municipal Waste Thrive And Throw Down Some Sweet Thrash Anarchy On Electrified Brain

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This is the kind of album that makes us question our life choices regarding why we never got into Municipal Waste in the first place. Maybe we should start a column called “Oops! I Did It Again!” with the focus being artists we initially neglected only to find out they kick serious ass. Sounds better than the “How’s that egg on our face look?” or “Boy! Does that crow taste great!”, right?

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