Album Reviews

Monolord Releases Vaenir on April 28th Through Riding Easy Records (Album Review)

A monolithic colossal of a beast of a behemoth, Monolord’s Vaenir is like Masters Of Reality Mach 2 (The album, not the band) with touches of Kyuss and The Sword thrown in for good measure. Within its’ six super-sized tracks (Except for the lone track which falls under the three [...]

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Marriages Forge A Path Towards Musical Greatness On Salome

EP, LP, Mini-LP…call it what you will but there’s no denying that the debut from Marriages was and is utterly brilliant. The six tracks comprised in that recording picked up the post-rock torch from Isis and rose from the ashes of Red Sparowes to create something wholly unique driven by [...]

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The Prodigy Releases The Day Is My Enemy Today In North America (Album Review)

I’m not sure if this is the most “violent” sounding The Prodigy record that it’s being billed as but it’s definitely the most aggressive one. Since the return of Keith Flint and Maxim Reality, The Prodigy have been a force to be reckoned with live and now they finally have [...]

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The Soft Moon Releases Deeper, Invades Allston’s Great Scott On April 10th

Let’s call the The Soft Moon’s last album, Zeros, out for what it really was: evil. It was a dark, mechanical slab of utterly brilliant noise that spat in the face of conventional music. The follow-up, Deeper, is every bit as sinister but it’s built with a warmth and earnestness [...]

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Julien-K Ready Indiegogo-Backed California Noir-Chapter One For Release

Have you ever checked out new material from an older band who hasn’t put anything out in some time and just felt embarrassed for them? That’s how I felt when I checked out the new EP from Orgy (Available here if you’re interested). Only vocalist Jay Gordon remains of the [...]

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All Tvvins Debut Single “Thank You” Promises Great Things To Come

I randomly came across The Cast Of Cheers when their gorgeous sophomore opus landed in 2012 but since then activity has been relatively mum from the band. But that doesn’t mean the members have been sitting around.

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