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Napalm Death’s Shane Embury Resurrects Blood From the Soul, Injects New Blood Into The Soul For DSM-5

9 November 2020 By jesse Leave a Comment

Take the mouthpiece from Converge, the low end from the legendary Nasum, Megadeth’s current skin smasher, put together by the guitarist from Napalm Death, one of the world’s premiere Death Metal outfits, and you have one of the most intriguing outfits of 2020.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Blood From the Soul, Converge, Deathwish Inc, Dirk Verbeuren, Jacob Bannon, Jesper Liveröd, Megadeth, Napalm Death, Rock And Roll Fables, Shane Embury

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

All Pigs Must Die Merge Beauty And Brutality Effortlessly On Hostage Animal

12 October 2017 By jesse Leave a Comment

Hooray for underground metal supergroups from Massachusetts. Like the yang to Old Man Gloom’s yin and filled with this frenetic energy, All Pigs Must Die return after a four year gap with their most solid release to date while adding more layers as (soon-to-be) former Trap Them guitarist Brian Izzi joins their ranks. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Adam Wentworth, All Pigs Must Die, Ben Koller, Bloodhorse, Brian Izzi, Converge, Hostage Animal, Kevin Baker, Matt Woods, Mutoid Man, Rock And Roll Fables, Southern Lord Recordings, The Hope Conspiracy, Trap Them

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

Jacob Bannon Goes Solo With Wear Your Wounds (Album Review)

23 March 2017 By jesse 1 Comment

Take “Grim Heart/Black Rose” off of Converge’s No Heroes, expand it even more and structure an entire album out of it and you’ll have a small inkling of what Wear Your Wounds brings to the table. That’s, of course, oversimplifying the latest project from Jacob Bannon because just like the aforementioned song, WYW is a whole other musical journey unto itself. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Chris Maggio, Converge, Deathwish Inc, Jacob Bannon, Kurt Ballou, Mike McKenzie, Rock And Roll Fables, Sean Martin, Stephen Brodsky, Wear Your Wounds

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

Igor Cavalera: A Rock And Roll Fables Conversation

17 December 2014 By jesse Leave a Comment

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Pandemonium, the third offering from Cavalera Conspiracy is easily their heaviest yet. From the onslaught of “Babylonian Pandemonium” and “Bonzai Kamikazee” it’s easy to see that CC has found  a place in the musical echelon that suits them well and that happy place happens to be heavy as hell. Max Cavalera sounds like a veritable monster on the opening track with a throaty growl that’s unlike any vocal performance he’s given while brother Igor pounds away at ludicrous speeds one moment, settling into a tribal groove the next. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Interviews, Music, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Cavalera Conspiracy, Converge, Doomriders, Iggor Cavalera, Marco Rizzo, Max Cavalera, Mixhell, Nate Newton, Old Man Gloom, Rock And Roll Fables, Sepultura, Soulfly

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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