Album Reviews

Black Map enter the heavy fray with …And We Explode

What do you get when you put the singer/guitarist from The Trophy Fire, the drummer from Far, and the bassist for dredg in a room to create some new music? Definitely not what you’d expect. On the debut album from Black Map, this trio blows away all expectations and takes [...]

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Untitled Metal Column: Volume 9.1 (Slipknot, .5: The Gray Chapter)

I’m not saying this is the greatest Slipknot album yet…but it kinda is. An album that should not be is now less than 24 hours from being released. Fueled by death and inner turmoil, .5: The Gray Chapter is a fury-filled fuck you to naysayers and a triumphant step forward [...]

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Kele fully realizes electronica urges on Trick

Make no mistake, I love Bloc Party. I do. But there was always something about that band and certain aspects that didn’t gel. Especially in the latter days and the more electronic aspects when vocalist Kele Okereke seemed to push in a different direction. Then came his solo outings and [...]

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KMFDM celebrate 30 years of the Ultra Heavy Beat on latest album Our Time Will Come

Thirty freaking years of the Ultra Heavy Beat. Think about this people. Thirty. Freaking. Years. Through numerous line up changes, band dissolutions, reformations, and finally coming up with a proper “band”, KMFDM have endured and celebrate such a momentous occasion the only way they can by not dwelling on the [...]

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Wormwood debut embraces the doom as it rides further into darkness

Maybe I’ve just been watching too much of Noisey’s recent documentary on the NOLA music scene lately but the debut opus from MA natives Wormwood shares a lot of its DNA from the greats of down south than any of the bands the Wormwood members have been previously or currently [...]

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Prude bring back the dark underbelly of industrial music with the dark age of consent

The return of grimy, sleazy, good old fashioned industrial electronic noise rawk is upon us, my friends. Cocksure started it with their debut in August (You can read all about TVMALSV here) and now Prude is here to continue to give it to ya good. Featuring members of Chemlab, Caustic, [...]

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