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HIPPOTRAKTOR Transcend To Higher Levels Of Heaviness, Continue Aural Odyssey Of Human Nature With Stasis

We get a LOT of records on the daily and obviously we can’t review all of them so what we do choose is kind of our version of the cream of the crop. At the end of the year we pick the best of all that and sometimes, there’s still [...]

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Abrams Enters God City, Exits With God-Tier Blue City

This year is rife with under the radar albums for us that are most likely going to end up in a very weird end of the year best of list. And that’s just fine! It seems like every time we open the laptop lately we’re confronted by some forgotten favorite [...]

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Jennifer Tefft & The Strange Rally ‘Round The Rawk On Anthem-Filled Debut Strange Beginnings

There’s a whole lot to love on Strange Beginnings, the debut full-length from Jennifer Tefft & The Strange produced by Bob St. John (Who worked on Medazzaland, one of our most favorite underrated Duran Duran outings among other highlights). It’s the stellar songwriting from Tefft, the all around musicianship of [...]

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Guests Galore Accompany The Lord Of Lard Into PIG’s Riotous & Robust Red Room

Since KMFDM doesn’t seem to collaborate anymore, Raymond Watts was all “Hold my beer…” (Second time we’ve typed that phrase recently and we are SORRY) and what fans get is a massive guest-filled opus that doesn’t at all take away from your regularly scheduled PIG listening experience. With Red Room, [...]

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Combichrist Deliver A Collision Of Styles On Crushing Electro Metal Masterpiece CMBCRST

What would become CMBCRST, the newest full-length from the AggroTech progenitors of Combichrist, has made our most anticipated list 3 years in a row now starting in 2022 following the release of “Compliance” in 2021 so to say that this record is pretty high up on our 2024 releases would [...]

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Wheel Get Heavy, Rage Against The Machine On Perpetually Pummeling Charismatic Leaders

“This is our heavy album” says vocalist/guitarist James Lascelles within the press release for Wheel’s Charismatic Leaders and y’know what? He’s not wrong. With songs on here gestating in some cases since 2020, the music is easily some of the Helsinki trio’s finest and, yes, heaviest to date. Maybe it’s [...]

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