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Equally Crushing And Catchy, The Barbarians Of California’s Sophomore Stunner MEGATONS Is Here To Chew Bubblegum And Kick Ass… And They Left The Hubba Bubba In The Car.

There are not enough words in ANY Dictionary to describe how absolutely AWESOME MEGATONS by The Barbarians Of California is. Did you ever wish that Every Time I Die did a straight up METAL record but also added in the more Space Rawk aspects of Queens Of The Stone Age and the flair, ridiculousness and […]

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BLOOD MOTHER Rise From The Ashes Of The Lion’s Daughter With Menacing Debut Release

Let it be known that we tried our darndest to cover The Lion’s Daughter, the former outfit featuring BLOOD MOTHER’s Rick Giordano, as much as (in)humanly possible because the second we heard the menacing quirk of the John Carpenter meets Goblin soundscape followed by Giordano’s distinct howl we were sold [...]

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Singles! The Roland High Life, “The Edge Of Memory”

We’ve been talking a lot about “feel bad” hits of the summer lately but not enough about the “feel good” ones it seems. That’s about to change, though, as a new single from The Roland High Life is roaring to life and ready to bring the Summer vibes that you [...]

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Fuming Mouth Bring Back Death ‘N’ Roll Across Mighty Metal Opus The Ringing Bell

We had absolutely no idea what to expect when we started in on The Ringing Bell from Fuming Mouth. We knew that Drummer Jay Weinberg (Suicidal Tendencies, Slipknot) was involved in the new record. We knew they were announced for this year’s Converge-curated Saddest Day Fest (Converge Guitarist Kurt Ballou [...]

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Singles! Ray Noir, “BOYS”

We didn’t mean to cover the last Ray Noir single so late that it came hot on the heels of an announcement of the next big release! But that’s what happened and is the ONLY reason we didn’t jump at the chance to cover one of Ray Noir’s biggest tracks, [...]

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Wailin Storms Bring The Moody Bluesy Musical Malaise To Darken the Summer Skies With The Arsonist

Ah, yes! The inevitable “Wow, we actually had this record for a long time now but instead of doing anything with it writing-wise we chose to enjoy it until, per usual, the release date almost crept up and bit us in our collective ass!” Some day (Not soon) we’ll learn. [...]

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DevilDriver Return Refreshed, Reenergized and Ready To Drop The Metal Album Of The Summer With Strike and Kill

Beyond the first trio of records, our biggest issue with DevilDriver releases is they tend to fall off a little after the initial onslaught. And that’s not a knock on the quality but more the way the records are structured with a fast blast of furious DevilDriver songs coming right [...]

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