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Wicked Doom Fest: Üga Büga

We had the Monstrous new record from Üga Büga, Valley Of The Wolf, for some time before it came out in June then reviewed the lead single then didn’t stick the landing when it came to the full album review. Pick one of the many reasons we’ve posted about and, most likely, it was all […]

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

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 [...]

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Super Luxury: New Purveyors Of Noise Rock On Ten Solid Years of Applause

Noise rock has found its new voice in Leeds-based Super Luxury who, on Ten Solid Years of Applause, deliver eleven solid tracks of pure cacophonous perfection.

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Elephant Riders Reissue Debut, Introduce New Drummer With Supernova/Challenger

When I hear a name like “Elephant Riders”, I immediately think of a certain Baltimore outfit who sings about shoguns named “Marcus” and burning beards so If you’re going to come out of the gates as a band with a moniker like that then you better bring the rawk. Luckily [...]

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Cairo Knife Fight Unveil The Colossus (Album Review)

Is there a more appropriately titled album for Cairo Knife Fights first full length than The Colossus? It’s a behemoth! A monolithic beast of grooves! Like the sexy rawkin’ love child of Eagles Of Death Metal and Queens of the Stone Age (Think that sweet space between the S/T and [...]

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Gallows Evolve On Latest Album, Desolation Sounds

I don’t like Gallows. Never have. I have promos and Gahd knows I’ve tried but I never got into them for some reason. I have, however, been a fan of Alexisonfire since Watch Out! (But again still never got into Gallows even when Wade McNeil took over vocal duties). That’s [...]

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Vattnet Viskar’s Settler Is A Modern Black Metal Masterpiece

After listening through Settler, the latest from New Hampshire’s Vattnet Viskar, I’m honestly perplexed as to why I never dove into their music before. Vattnet Viskar’s brand of modern black metal is like a more focused/less drama-filled Nachtmystium or a consistent Satyricon, but with hints of Roadrunner Records one album [...]

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