Album Reviews

Burner Bring A Precision Pummeling To Yer Earholes On It All Returns To Nothing

The very definition of vicious, Burner’s debut full-length is a scorcher from start to finish. From the first note struck on “Hurt Locker” through to the last sonic embers burning through on “Waco Horror”, It All Returns To Nothing is a loud, abrasive collection of songs that’s like Every Time [...]

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Jim Healey Dives Into Some Delightfully Downtrodden Dynamic Rawk With Crawl Your Way Back

Holy Alice in Chains, Batman! From the man who’s helped bring such sonic ecstasy with acts like Shatner, Blood Lightning, and the Rock & Roll Rumble-winning Set Fire among others to your earholes comes Crawl Your Way Back, an EP unlike any other so far in the Jim Healey aural [...]

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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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