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DURBIN Celebrates The METAL On Triumphant The Beast Awakens

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I’ll be honest, I got way too excited when this bad boy popped up in my inbox. Hearing “Kings Before You” when it was initially unveiled late last year was kind of a revelation. Sure, James Durbin was always the “rocker” when featured on American Idol but saying that on the show and actually being one are two different beasts completely…but here, with The Beast Awakens, the former Idol contestant proves his mettle with some hearty METAL that’s sure to appease purists while treating his fanbase to a revelatory romp through the land of heavy Rawk and/or Roll!

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BC Feature: Patrick Barry, ’20

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Sometimes I get requests for coverage from artists I really dig but because of one thing or another, it gets put on the backburner. That’s not to say I forgot about it because I remember EVERYTHING but more that it goes to some dark corner of my head mush waiting for an ideal time to work it’s way back into the casual conversation that is our pseudo-regular posting schedule.

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Digital Eulogy Bring Infectious Energy To Timeless Tracks On Debut EP Cemetery Flowers

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Digital Eulogy make the kind of music that when you hear it, you’ll drop everything you’re doing and just allow yourself to be immersed in the enticing tunes being driven through your speakers. We did just that upon hearing debut single “Collapse” last month and gladly did it yet again when their first EP, Cemetery Flowers, landed unexpectedly on our digital desk the other day. Chances are when you hear the infectious energy of the timeless tunes that Digital Eulogy produce, you’ll do the same.

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Greyfell And Endless Floods Team As ÂGE ⱡ TOTAL, Ready MASSIVE Debut For The Masses

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ÂGE ⱡ TOTAL kills, okay? If you’re looking for the next big thing, and we’re talking big as in MASSIVE sounding, then you need to check out ÂGE ⱡ TOTAL. Four tracks. Forty six minutes. February 5th. One minute it’s bliss, the next it’s blistering. So hop on board, yeah?

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Komatsu Curate A Collection Of Instant Desert Rawk Classics With Rose Of Jericho

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Black Label Society meets Sabbath meets Kyuss in the riff department with a song structure that’s anything but predictable and a vocalist that brings the Soul to some heavenly pipes is Komatsu in a nutshell. On Rose Of Jericho, their fourth full-length, the Dutch outfit curate a collection of nine instant Desert Rawk classics that’ll leave a lasting impression long after the record is over.

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TV Priest Bridge The Gap Between Post-Punk Generations On Ostentatious Uppers

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TV Priest is that missing piece between newer school Post-Punk luminaries Coliseum or Radio 4 and legends like Gang Of Four. Add in a front person who has a penchant for non-sensical barking sermons in the vein of Clutch’s Neil Fallon or Nick Cave and you have yourself the makings of one very fine collection of truly unique modern Rawk.

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Sarin Cathartically Crush On Riveting You Can’t Go Back

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I feel like there’s a lot of records we’ll be hailing as “must-hear” especially this soon after leaving that shitshow of a year in the rearview. Sarin’s aptly-titled upcoming record, You Can’t Go Back, is definitely one of those kinds of artists giving this reviewer the same feelings as listening through Isis’ Oceanic for the first time.

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Werewolves Get Faster And Furiouser With Shreddy Sophomore Sojourn What A Time To Be Alive

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Once in a blue moon (Or once in a full moon?)…or more like once every month or two comes an album that’s so out of my normal listening frequencies that just hits. Recently, albums from Lord Mantis and Cattle Decapitation wrecked my ears with collections of aural carnage that Werewolves looks to repeat with their latest here in 2021.

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The Luka State Deliver 2021’s First Must-Have Rawk Masterpiece With Fall In Fall Out

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On Fall In Fall Out, The Luka State manage to manufacture some legit lightning in a bottle with a record that’s just as massive and groundbreaking as some of the early works and debuts from artists like The Subways, The Von Bondies, The Strokes, and The Hives (Basically all the “The” bands of the mid-aughts).

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Zeahorse Pack A Post-Punk Prog Punch On Let’s Not (And Say We Did)

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It’s not often we get a promo and the RIYL or FFO “Read If You Like” and “For Fans Of”) really nails it but in the case of Sydney’s Zeahorse, the comparisons to Helmet, Quicksand, and Fugazi are pretty spot on especially after listening through their latest, Let’s Not (And Say We Did).

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