Andee Blacksugar’s Return Of The King, his Godfather Part III…his Dark Knight Rises even! If you’re picking up what I’m throwing down then you get that we’re at the final part of a trilogy and like many a third in a cinematic tale, what fans are getting is something really freakin’ epic.
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Hot on the heels of three fantastic singles, AshenMoon readies their first proper collection of songs with Umbra I which further highlights the Pop meets New Wave Rawk of this breakout quartet.
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Confession time: John Bush was my gateway drug into the world of Anthrax. My musical awakening hit around the mid-’90’s where the Big Four was at a crossroads and, in the case of NYC’s resident Thrash titans, going through a major personnel overhaul as well as a musical one. As I got older I appreciated the old stuff but Bush will always be my guy and underrated albums like Volume 8: The Threat Is Real still stand the test of time and remain in my regular rotation to this day.
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With the recent announcement that Burton C. Bell is stepping away from Fear Factory to focus on Ascension Of The Watchers, Apocrypha might just be the most important record of Bell’s career. And upon listening through AOTW’s first full-length since 2008’s Numinosum it’s apparent that, regardless of that news, Apocrypha is destined to be something important.
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Let’s be honest: This is probably the most important DevilDriver record since their debut dropped back in 2002. Luckily, DevilDriver has both the experience and the chops almost 20 years into their career that not only maintains and sustains but also still entertains the hell out of listeners with a new record that sounds like that band once dubbed Deathride who were furiously fighting to further themselves from a certain Spookycore outfit.
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Transcendental Black Metal is the better narrative/nom de plume when it comes to Abreaction, the latest full-length from Minnesota-based Amiensus. An undeniably epic collection of otherworldly Black Metal-tinged tunage, Amiensus incorporate Gothic overtones, Indie Rawk, and Prog within Abreaction to create one very unique record.
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There needs to be more artists like Mountain Tamer in the world. The kinds of artists who just consistently bring that pure, unbridled, unrelenting Rawk is what I’m talking about! On their latest offering, Psychosis Ritual, the Los Angeles trio turn the volume and the dosage up to 11 for a record that’s bold, big, and beyond this world in its’ scope.
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Four Stroke Baron records are like the gifts that keep giving. Their last outing (Which you can read all about by clicking here) was Prog perfection and their upcoming record which collects a slew of diverse and new covers as well as re-recorded versions of songs which originally appeared on King Radio is similarly a godsend.
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Listening through the debut EP from London, Ontario’s The White Swan is akin to a spiritual experience. Wrapped up in a dreamstate surrounded by heavy guitars, stirring synths, and a robust rhythm section, Nocturnal Transmission is a far cry from the former outfit of The White Swan’s Mercedes Lander.
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Whoa. Orochen is definitely in the “don’t judge a book…” category. Ignore the scary striped Tasmanian tiger that graces the cover and embrace the sounds because on their third EP, Thylacine, the “Gothenburg-based apocalyptic post-industrial neofolk” (Per their Facebook description) quartet bring to mind Swoon-era Silversun Pickups, The Stone Roses, and even Neurosis for a truly unique blend of blissful noise.
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