Revisiting older records can be a hit or miss. Revisiting older records and actually re-recording them can be an even bigger risk. Some bands do it and go the “This is how we play them now” route or the “This is how we originally envisioned this album” route and others, like the brothers Cavalera (Max & Iggor of course), just say “Fuck it! Let’s go heavier and harder than ever!” And that, my friends, is why we now have this beautiful beastly pair of updated records of two Sepultura classics.
[Read more…]Absent In Body Create A New Primal Rage On Debut Plague God
Supergroup is a weird fucking term. And completely objective. For me, an artist like Old Man Gloom is the definition of a supergroup put in the same realm as, say, Down, there’ll inevitably be people who are all “Who is even in this band?” (For the record, OMG features members of Cave In, Isis, and Converge i.e. most of the Mount Rushmore of Boston heavy). Again, objective. Which brings us to similarly underground supergroup Absent In Body who feature in their ranks members of Amenra, Neurosis, and Sepultura and have a debut release that, as an essential part of this “supergroup” formula, sounds unlike anything that makes up the sum of its’ parts.
[Read more…]Cavalera Conspiracy Devolve Into Old School Post-Thrash On Psychosis
Each subsequent Cavalera Conspiracy record since 2008’s Inflikted has been like this experimentation in regression with the releases harnessing a new school thrash vibe akin to the one Sepultura helped pioneer back in the late ’80’s/early 90’s blanketed by modern technology. [Read more…]
Cavalera Conspiracy Make Their First New England Metal And Hardcore Fest Appearance, Show The Kids How It’s Done
After a day filled with heavy bands from all walks of intensity from upstarts like Downpour (Featuring Shadows Fall’s Brian Fair and Seemless/Unearth skin basher Derek Kerswill) and Lody Kong to old school favorites like Overcast, Jasta, and COC, it was finally time for the godfathers to take the stage for their New England Metal and Hardcore Festival debut. [Read more…]