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Cave In Hone In On Space-Rawk Roots, Create A Cathartic Crusher With Majestic Heavy Pendulum

17 May 2022 By jesse Leave a Comment

I try to stay away from other reviews when it comes to any album I already know that I’ll be reviewing myself here but after hearing the latest Cave In record all the way through for the first time I got a little overexcited to see if people felt the same way I did. That said, I’ve gotta hand it to Decibel Magazine’s Shawn Macomber who was so on point in describing Heavy Pendulum as “the best stadium-ready modern Metal record” because, in a nutshell and at its’ core, it’s exactly that. And obviously so much more.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Adam McGrath, Caleb Scofield, Cave In, Heavy Pendulum, JR Conners, Kurt Ballou, Nate Newton, Relapse Records, Rock And Roll Fables, Stephen Brodsky

22 in ’22: Rock And Roll Fables’ Guide To What To Get An Earful Of In The New Year

11 January 2022 By jesse Leave a Comment

I don’t why I thought it’d be a good idea to do both an end of the year list and preview list reflecting the year they’re happening in….but here we are. Our list of twenty one albums and change has already posted (Which you can read here) so now it’s time to close the book on 2021 and look to the future with 22 albums we think will make this year sound even better than the last…and change.

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Filed Under: Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: A Cause In Distress, Bait, Blacklight Media, Cave In, Chris Jericho, Clutch, Combichrist, Cool Thing Records, COP International, Corlyx, Crowbar, Dog Fashion Disco, Eldridge Rodriguez, Filter, Fozzy, Golden Robot Records, Gozu, Machine Head, Metropolis Records, Michael Webster, Midriff Records, Mutoid Man, Once Human, Out Of Line Music, Rich Ward, Richard Patrick, Robb Flynn, Rock And Roll Fables, SOM, Stabbing Westward, Tears For Fears, The Birthday Massacre, Underoath, Venom Prison, VOWWS, White Lies

19 in ’19: A Truly Exhausting Look At The 19 Albums You should’ve Paid Attention to in 2019.

31 December 2019 By jesse Leave a Comment

I was going to start this thing off with an additional list of “honorable mentions” so I could add EVERYTHING I wanted to include on this year end list but figured, if you regularly read this blog then you know that whatever gets featured here already has major heart eyes from its’ Editor-In-Chief so without further adieu, here’s the real meat and potatoes (Hyperlinks to our reviews are in the headers where applicable):

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Filed Under: Music, Rock And Roll Fables, Year End Tagged With: All Your Sisters, Bones UK, Cave In, Condition Critical, Dead Girls Corp, Drab Majesty, Flotsam & Jetsam, Ghastly Sound, Life Of Agony, Lindemann, Misery Loves Co., Modern Mirror, Rammstein, Rock And Roll Fables, Sacred Reich, Silvertomb, Skillet, Slipknot, Strvngers, Torche

Wear Your Wounds: A Track By Track By Track By Track By Track Review Of Rust on the Gates of Heaven

10 July 2019 By jesse Leave a Comment

Not a hoax! Not a ploy! Not a gimmick! Sort of! Regardless, you read that right! What we have for you today is a five track review of the upcoming Wear Your Wounds album because a) We wanted to get something out before it drops on Friday through Deathwish Inc b) You don’t need to read about us waxing poetic on this entire beautiful beast and c) Frankly, we thought it was a neat idea.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Adam McGrath, Cave In, Chris Maggio, Converge, Deathwish Inc, Jacob Bannon, Mike McKenzie, Rock And Roll Fables, Wear Your Wounds

Cave In Send Off Late Bassist With Possibly Their Absolute Best On Final Transmission

6 June 2019 By jesse Leave a Comment

Oof, before even hearing a note I knew this one was going to be a tough listen and in that department, Cave In’s Final Transmission does not disappoint. It’s also this gorgeous album that’s such a fitting tribute to late bassist Caleb Scofield and a stellar entry into the band’s already beyond solid discography.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Adam McGrath, Caleb Scofield, Cave In, Final Transmission, Hydra Head Records, J.R. Conners, Nate Newton, Rock And Roll Fables, Steve Brodsky

Mutoid Man Is Ready For Battle On Blistering War Moans

1 June 2017 By jesse Leave a Comment

Holy hell, Mutoid Man just get better AND zanier with each release. Melodic Converge, Non-prog Cave In? Mutoid Man is way beyond labels now and War Moans is just fuckin’ fun so strap in! [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Ben Koller, Cave In, Converge, Mutoid Man, Nick Cageao, Rock And Roll Fables, Sargent House, Stephen Brodsky

Mutoid Man Release Bleeder On June 30th (Album Review)

25 June 2015 By jesse Leave a Comment

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Warning: About two and a half minutes into “Bridgeburner”, the opener for Mutoid Man’s latest album Bleeder, this glorious melee of riffs and drums bombards listeners ears and may cause sudden uncontrollable headbanging. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Ben Koller, Cave In, Converge, Helium Head, Mutoid Man, Nick Cageao, Rock And Roll Fables, Sargent House, Steve Brodsky

Mutoid Man Slay Boston’s Royale With A Smile On Their Face

22 June 2015 By jesse Leave a Comment

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Mixing brutality with levity, Boston via NYC’s Mutoid Man stormed the Royale stage recently while supporting The Dillinger Escape Plan. With a new release almost here (Bleeder, out through Sargent House on June 30th), Mutoid Man treated fans to a slew of those new tracks which fit in seamlessly alongside tracks from 2013’s Helium Head. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Live Shows, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Ben Koller, Bleeder, Cave In, Converge, Helium Head, Mutoid Man, Nick Cageao, Rock And Roll Fables, Royale Boston, Sargent House, Steve Brodsky

Mutoid Man’s Helium Head is the Verge-In album the world needs AND deserves!

15 November 2013 By jesse Leave a Comment

Verge-In is here! Sort of! It’s Helium Head, the debut EP from Cave In’s Stephen Brodsky and Converge’s Ben Koller (Or Cave In’s Ben Koller depending on what year it is) new group Mutoid Man! Exclamation! (Hey, you take a listen to this EP on repeat and tell me you’re not bouncing off the walls!)

It’s a two pronged sonic onslaught of delightful frenetic frenzy packed neatly into a seven track EP. If you’re a fan of either of the members’ respective “day jobs” then Helium Head has something for you. It’s also an album where if you blink, you might miss all the fun. Yeah, it’s that fast.

Koller, as always, is on fire here but it’s Brodsky who really shines in the end. Fans who thought he’s gone soft with age and let Caleb Scofield take on all the aggressive parts in Cave In need only listen to opener “Gnarcissist” or follow up “Scavengers” to know that not only is Brodsky still capable of bringing the heavy but he’s also still capable of bringing some noise not heard since the Until Your Heart Stops days. Just listen to “Friday the 13/8” or “Lost In The Hive” as Brodsky gets his rage on completely for more proof.

All around, Helium Head is a solid debut of unexpected chaos from two of Massachusetts finest and hopefully a great indicator of what’s to come.

Helium Head is out digitally on November 22nd and physically on November 26th. Check out the pre-order options over on Shirts & Destroy now.

 

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Ben Koller, Cave In, Converge, Helium Head, Mutoid Man, Rock And Roll Fables, Shirts & Destroy, Stephen Brodsky

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