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Thrash Legends Unite In Category 7 For Modern Metal Masterpiece Of A Debut Album

Being indoctrinated into the world of Metal in the ’90’s meant that the Anthrax I was exposed to was of the John Bush variety and Sound Of White Noise/”Only” my go-to going forward and while I did do a deep dive on pre-Anthrax Bush with Armored Saint, I never did [...]

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Friendship Commanders Honor The Late Steve Albini With Emotionally Charged “New” Version Of BILL

Everyone has their own “Intro to Steve Albini” story, right? We’re of that half that got into Shellac before even realizing what Albini had been responsible for behind the boards when we were introduced to 1000 Hurts during our Retail Warrior daze in the early ’00’s. Among the many, many, [...]

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Salem Wolves Shares The Story Of The Stranger On Epic Concept Album The Psychotron Speaks

The best concept albums are the ones that can be picked apart and separated yet still enjoyed outside of the main event. Some bands manage to pull that off, others don’t (We once saw Mastodon 3 times in the same year performing Crack The Skye all the way through and, [...]

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Üga Büga Bring Out The Boar In All Of Us On Sludge Rawk Shredder Year Of The Hog

Üga Büga’s got something. We can’t quite put our finger on it but it’s there. And in this case, that “there” can be pinpointed directly to the Charlotesville, VA’s debut full-length called Year Of The Hog which is just about ready for all to hear (In fact, we’d gather by [...]

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Worshipper Bring The Bean Town Bravado To Newest Psych-Filled Rawk Fest One Way Trip

You know when Clutch went full on jam band? We’re not talking Phish or Grateful Dead but more just embracing the Rawk, experimenting and doing whatever it takes sonically to make it happen which, in their case, meant completely shedding that metallic crunch of their first two records (The self-titled [...]

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Alreckque Make Bid For Boston Music Scene “Rookie Of The Year” With 6PM

This is, we shit you not, the third piece lately where the band in question features a very familiar vocalist with a very distinct set of pipes. And like the previous two we’re kind of in awe at how such an uncanny voice can be differentiated seemingly so easily from [...]

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