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Salem Supahgroup TENSION SCALE Delve Into Suburban Paranoia With The ‘Burbs-inspired debut It’s Not Them

Let it be known that we LOVE the exquisite cinematic experience that is Joe Dante’s The ‘Burbs. Let it also be know that if you’re a new artist (Well, newish in this case, but we’ll get to that…) and you’re bursting onto the scene with The ‘Burbs as your backdrop/aesthetic/inspiration [...]

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Singles! Luxury Deathtrap, “By A Thread”

We love it when revisiting an artist with new material on the horizon causes a feeling that’s the sonic equivalent of reuniting with an old friend after an extended period without missing a beat. And that’s definitely the feels we felt when checking back in on Luxury Deathtrap ahead of [...]

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Singles! Casket Rats, “Whiskey Queen”

We’d say that you’re missing out if you haven’t seen Boston’s Casket Rats live in the wild yet but after hearing new single “Whiskey Queen” we’d also go so far as to say that this is as pretty close to the live experience you might get from a recorded venture [...]

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Wrought Iron Hex Wreak Noisy Havoc With New Batch Of Raucous Rawk On Hexes & Halos

There’s nothing quite like tuning into some new Wrought Iron Hex and being treated to the best the NYC Heavy Music scene had to offer in the ’90’s (Girls Against Boys, Unsane, Prong) but “Boston-ized” (Totally a word). Add in some early Clutch in there (The intro to “Disco Creep” [...]

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Singles! Viruette ft. Layzi, “PUNKTURED”

First! Viruette get props without even hearing a note of new single “PUNKTURED” as we’d been looking for an excuse to talk up Layzi since appearing at this year’s Boston Calling and this collab was the perfect opportunity! Second! Viruette get ALL the props for continually creating in the way [...]

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Death Rattle Deliver Monstrous New Metal Masterpiece With The Moral Chokehold

Fun fact! We’d been sitting on a review for lead single “Malthusian Dependency” for quite some time because, as it happens more often than not, we let it fall by the wayside for too long and had to move onto the next thing. But, as luck would have it, that [...]

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