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Renn Hawkey: A Rock And Roll Fables Conversation Pt.2

“It’s all on-the-job training at this point for everybody. There is no algorithm of success at this…” When last we left ex-Deadsy/current The Yagas synthesist Renn Hawkey, we learned all about the formation of this new outfit with wife Vera Farmiga (Vocals), Jason Bowman (Drums), Mike Davis (Bass), and Mark Visconti (Guitars) and their recently […]

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Zyclops Channel Post-Metal Greats On Majestic Inheritance of Ash

Big, bold, and bodacious (Apologies, coming down from a recent Bill & Ted’s… kick), Zyclops’ new monstrous opus (Instead of “magnum” opus, get it?) is just the kind of epic 2020 needs. Like a mythical beast, Inheritance Of Ash is mysterious and majestic while also dense and delightful and definitely [...]

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Stonebirds Give Progressive Sludge And Doom A Makeover On Colossal Collapse And Fail

Have you ever wanted to go back in time and recapture the feeling of when you first hear an album that you just know will be groundbreaking. Something, like, say Mastodon’s Remission? The first time you hear the sonic onslaught of “March of the Fire Ants” or that huge riffage [...]

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Dark Sarah Take A Twisted Fairy Tale-Inspired Journey With Grim

There’s no artist quite like Dark Sarah traversing the Heavy music landscape today. On Grim, their fourth full-length, the Finnish quintet take their brand of Symphonic Metal, mash it with The Birthday Massacre-style Gothic Electro, Within Temptation’s grand presentation, and the twisted bits from Oingo Boingo or main man Danny [...]

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Gang Of Four Celebrate The Legacy Of Andy Gill With Anti Hero

This is my second review lately of an artist releasing something after a founding member has shuffled off this mortal coil and it’s depressing as fuck because the relevant brilliance in both cases is staggering. But I digress!

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Jump The Fall Rev Up For A Rawkin’ Return With Ten Year Guilt: Part 1

In simplifying the complexity of Boston Hard rawkers Jump The Fall you could make the case that it’s as if Ed Kowalczyk is fronting Alter Bridge but they go way beyond that. With Ten Year Guilt: Part 1, they tread a fine line between Hard Rawk, Grunge, and even Glam [...]

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Evil Disco Lives Again Along With The Spirit Of Wayne Static On Electric New Static-X Album, Project Regeneration Vol. 1

Who knows what a potential new Static-X album would’ve sounded like. Would it have been like the more straightforward Metal album Cult Of Static was or would it have been similar to front man Wayne Static’s final (Up until now) recorded work on his solo outing, Pighammer, which tread the [...]

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