Album Reviews

Roseneath Rise On Riotous Riff-Forward Nowhere Safe

We might’ve dropped the ball on the last release from Richmond, Virginian duo Roseneath (And that’s not to say we didn’t review it… we just reviewed it late) but are making sure we get in (slightly) early with their upcoming full-length, Nowhere Safe, which drops on June 16th through Trepanation [...]

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GODFLESH Update The Past, Honor PURE, Deliver Blistering PURGE

Sweet holy hell is this some GODFLESH or what??? PURGE, GODFLESH’s ninth full-length, is like a veritable best of when it comes to the sonic impact of the 8 tracks within. Sure, it’s meant to update the aesthetic of 1992’s PURE but the end result here is and album that [...]

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Extreme Return After 15 Years With Stunning Rawk And Roll Shredder SIX

Without skipping a beat, iconic Boston outfit Extreme is back with a new record and a new tour which will bring the legendary quartet back to town, performing on August 5th at Roadrunner with fellow Bean Town baddies Living Colour as support. Before that, though, the band will unleash their [...]

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Carissa Johnson Unveils L’Heure Bleue, After Dark, Gets Deluxe With Expanded Edition Of Blue Hour

You can put reissues on your year end list even if it’s for a record that’s two years old, right? Because we didn’t get the opportunity to review the regular edition of Blue Hour when it originally arrived in November of 2021 and kinda wanna make it known that it [...]

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Messiahvore Dig Deep In The Desert Sludge With Transverse

Spilling out of the sonic carnage that 2021’s self-titled debut wraought, Denver’s Messiahvore pick up the pieces and the pace with a decidedly more potent offering that shatters expectations and breaks the curse of the dreaded “sophomore slump” with the eight tracks of pure, unfiltered Rawk that make up Transverse.

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Travels With Brindle Bring Some Ukulele-Driven Pop To The People On Notes From Undergrad

We try to be as musically diverse as (in)humanly possible with our small operation but mostly it comes down to picking stuff to promote that speaks to us. More often than not that “stuff” flies somewhere under the banner of HEAVY in various forms with a similar emphasis on the [...]

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