Probably fitting that as we found ourselves reviewing a new outing from 16Volt (Complete with a new interview with 16V’s Eric Powell), fellow former Slipdisc Records labelmates Rorschach Test would blast back unexpectedly with a new single and video!
Starting the day with an unexpected new release from one of our already faves is never not a great thing. In the aftermath of the 2024 Rock & Roll Rumble, 2023 entrants The Shallows return with “White Sands” that continues on the glistening Post-Rawk glow of their last collection of [...]
We love us some 16Volt. We first came across the band in the late ’90’s when they were on Slipdisc Records and put out an underground banger in Supercoolnothing. At that point Trent Reznor was beginning the more experimental phase of Nine Inch Nails and Uncle Al was a slave [...]
We have never not loved what’s come out of the Salem Wolves camp and that’s not to say that we’re biased in any way but more that we have high expectations with each new offering. So to say our interest was piqued when upcoming new song “So Desperate” was announced [...]
“This is our heavy album” says vocalist/guitarist James Lascelles within the press release for Wheel’s Charismatic Leaders and y’know what? He’s not wrong. With songs on here gestating in some cases since 2020, the music is easily some of the Helsinki trio’s finest and, yes, heaviest to date. Maybe it’s [...]
Everything old is new again, right? If you somehow missed both 2016’s The Negative Space AND 2017’s Dead On Arrivals then you’re in luck because Negative On Arrivals is equally the best of the best from those releases, a refresher course on the majesty of 16Volt, and practically a new [...]
