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Singles! The Freqs, “Jellyfish Cadaver”

One of the greatest things about Poachers, the most recent release from The Freqs, is that it carried with it the weight that at any moment it could all go off the rails. It’s an absolute loose, unhinged burst of sound across six glorious tracks and there’s no comparison to the feeling one gets when […]

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Untitled Metal Column: Volume 2 (3.29.14)

At seven albums in, Lacuna Coil continue to grow so it should comes as no surprise that Broken Crown Halo pushes the band even further. Just when fans think they know who their beloved band is and what they’re capable of, a ferocious song like “Victims” comes along which sees [...]

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Band of Skulls, Himalayan: Album Review

The propulsive march of the lead track that takes charge of Southampton’s Band of Skulls third album is more proof that the U.K. still has some fantastic imports. ‘Asleep at the Wheel,’ is ripe with swagger, squeal, and bluesy abandon – reconciling 70’s power chords across the simplest of lines [...]

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Doom Abuse: The ultimate The Faint record?

Doom Abuse, The Faint’s sixth album, took way too long to come out. Considering that The Faint ceased to be somewhere in the six years since their last album (2008’s Fasciination) was released it’s a miracle that fans are even holding a copy of Doom Abuse in their hands. But [...]

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Queen Kwong, “The Strange Fruit”: A ‘Ten Dimes’ Review

There’s a handful of powerful female voices popping up across the airwaves over the past couple years. From the dark, gothic rumblings of Chelsea Wolfe, to the folk songstress Laura Marling, or perhaps the guitar virtuoso Marnie Stern or emerging pop artists Sky Ferriera or Lana Del Rey? All of [...]

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Untitled Metal Column: Volume 1 (3.15.14)

Eleven years ago today I said “I will” to my wife but I’ve been married to metal for longer than that. I’m not really sure what my first metal album was (Either …And Just For All or The Black Album by Metallica on cassette I think) but as soon as [...]

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Combichrist rule the world, motherfuckers. Or didn’t you know?

The most aggressive band in industrial music today is back with We Love You, an album that throws everything AND the kitchen sink into the mix. If you liked the guitar-heavy hyper-intensity of last year’s No Redemption soundtrack yet yearned for the more club friendly numbers then We Love You [...]

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