Album Reviews

PIG Harvest New Collection Of Hellishly Harmonious Hymnals On Hurt People Hurt

There’s no denying that PIG’s pair of ’90’s bangers, Sinsation and Wrecked, are not only each Industrial classics but also pushed the genre to exciting new places bringing a more cinematic scope to the synthetic-tinged shredding. That said, there’s something about the more mature, more menacing version of late stages [...]

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Salem Noise Rawk Vets The Freqs Rev Up For Record Release Show, Ready Debut Full-Length No God on the Gold Coast For May 29th Drop

If there was a Mount Rushmore of Noise Rawk artists in the New England area we’d go out on a limb and name BEDTIMEMAGIC, Sapling, Miracle Blood and the focus of today’s ramblings: Salem’s own The Freqs. Chances are, if you’ve been fans of any of those bands, you’ve caught [...]

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Jesus The Dinosaur Transcend Genres, Deliver Delicate Collection Of Emotive Anthems On Nothing To The Branches

And sometimes it’s the ones you’re not expecting that really leave an impact. Just wow. Look, we really dug both “Empty Space” and “Sweet Nothing” when we covered them recently but had NO idea what was to come on the rest of the debut full-length from Boston’s Jesus The Dinosaur! [...]

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GOZU Bring Righteous Riffage, Robust Rhythm Section And Sublime Songwriting To Celebratory VI

We think we finally figured it out. GOZU fits in with what we like to think of as “Celebratory Metal”. Sure, GOZU’s got the Sludge, Doom, Desert and Fuzz Rawk and way more in them that everyone always mentions when the Boston outfit comes up in conversation but, at least [...]

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Lauren Lakis Brings Clarity Out Of Emotional Chaos, Channels Grief Into Grand Rawk Opuses On Deadlights

We’ve posted this before but we’re not sure how or why we got into Lauren Lakis but we know it was soon after “Fear Of God” was released in late 2020 and that we’ve been fans ever since. Especially with “Sail Away” arriving soon after and ABSOLUTELY hooking us (This [...]

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The Northern Line Cross Continents To Bring You The “Masschester” Sound On Self-Titled Debut EP

The Northern Line embody a kind of sleek modern Brit-Pop and Mod that’s not really prevalent in the scene today making their debut self-titled EP an enduring collection of songs that’s destined to stand the test of time. In other words, it’s GREAT!

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