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The Rock And Roll Fables 2021 Preview: 13 Slabs Of New Music SURE To Make Your New Year More Tolerable

15 January 2021 By jesse Leave a Comment

And now we begin our downward trend…meaning, of course, that we’ve hit that point where matching up the number of albums on the list with the year we’re heading toward is kind of ridiculous so we’re going to switch with lucky number 13 for the time being.

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Filed Under: Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Brian Welch, Chris Jericho, Deadsy, Dino Cazares, Every Time I Die, Fear Factory, Fozzy, Front Line Assembly, Gojira, Jason Bieler, Jason Bieler And The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra, Lizzard, Love And Death, Lucia, Lucia Cifarelli, Mikey Rukus, Ministry, Rob Zombie, Rock And Roll Fables, RUKUS, Saigon Kick, Stabbing Westward, The Soft Moon, VOWWS, Youth Code

Lamb Of God Unleash Self-Titled Slab Of Monumental Heaviness With Eighth Full-Length

16 June 2020 By jesse Leave a Comment

There’s no doubt about it: The shoes that strike the pedals behind the kit of Chris Adler’s former post are some pretty big ones to fill. Lucky for Lamb Of God (And for us, the fans), the man chosen to fill those shoes is none other than Art Cruz. In recent years, Cruz has lent his considerable talents and unique style bringing the heft and the groove to legends like Prong and Ministry and after a baptism by fire with his new brothers in Lamb Of God following a live run opening for Slayer on their Final Campaign tour, Cruz makes his recorded presence known on Lamb Of God, the quintet’s eighth full-length.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Art Cruz, D Randall Blythe, Epic Records, John Campbell, Lamb of God, Mark Morton, Ministry, Prong, Rock And Roll Fables, Slayer, Willie Adler

The Joy Thieves Put The “Super” In Supergroup With Massive Line Up And Massively Impressive Debut EP, This Will Kill That

26 June 2019 By jesse Leave a Comment

“I wanted to do something big. When I saw how tall Dan (Milligan) is, I knew it was the right project for me. Also I hate Joy.” – Marcus Eliopulos

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: 16Volt, Andy Gerold, Armalyte Industries, Chris Connelly, Dan Milligan, Dave Suycott, Drownbeat, Eric Liljehorn, James Scott, Jayson McBain, Marcus Eliopulos, Mary's Window, Matt Clark, Mike Czarnik, Mike Gould, Ministry, Murmuur, Pigface, Ravens, RevCo, Rock And Roll Fables, She Rides Tigers, Sons of the Silent Age, Spyderbone, Stabbing Westward, The Joy Thieves, This Will Kill That

18 for ’18: An Exhaustive Look At All The Albums You Should’ve Already Heard In The Year 2018

20 December 2018 By jesse Leave a Comment

It’s here! The moment you’ve all be waiting for! And instead of splitting it in half this year I decided to bombard you with one huge pile of word vomit featuring everything that got our goat in 2018. Enjoy! Because we definitely did (Links to reviews highlighted where applicable):

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Filed Under: Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables, Year End Tagged With: "Ghost", Alien Weaponry, Amerikkkant, ASG, Cardi B, Carissa Johnson, Clutch, Corrosion Of Conformity, Emigrate, Eminem, Jonathan Davis, Liam Howlett, Magnetic Eye Records, Middle Class Rut, Ministry, Ohgr, Rock And Roll Fables, Soft Kill, Strvngers, The Clay People, The Prodigy, Turnstile, Underoath, VNV Nation, VOWWS, Will Haven, year end list

Pissed Off Uncle Al Really Is The Bee’s Knees As Evidenced On Politically-Charged/45-Bashing AmeriKKKant

3 April 2018 By jesse Leave a Comment

This is one of those after the fact records that stuck with me enough to have thoughts. Especially because I feel the need to defend it against haters. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Al Jourgensen, Alien Jourgensen, Amerikkkant, Burton C Bell, Cesar Soto, Derek Abrams, DJ Swamp, John Bechdel, Ministry, ministry band, Rock And Roll Fables, Sin Quirin, Tony Campos, Uncle Al

Rock And Roll Fables Presents: 18 for ’18 AKA What We Think You Should Be Spending Your $$$ On In The New Year

3 January 2018 By jesse 1 Comment

In a year that is about to hit us with new and highly anticipated offerings from Arctic Monkeys, Interpol, Guster, Monster Magnet, Butthole Surfers, and…ahem…The Offering (Get it? Because I said “new offerings” then added that The Offering has a new album coming…), we present to you a list of even more albums that we think will be pleasing to the earholes. Won’t you please join us?

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Filed Under: Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: "Ghost", 2018 in music, A Pale Horse Named Death, A Perfect Circle, Alice In Chains, Amerikkkant, Clutch, Devin Townsend Project, Eldridge Rodriguez, Grady Avenell, Lizzard, Middle Class Rut, Ministry, Misery Loves Co., Nachtmystium, Robert Alfons, Rock And Roll Fables, Silvertomb, The Clay People, The Faint, The Soft Moon, tr/st, White Noise Owl, Will Haven

17 for ’17: The Rock and Roll Fables Guide To The Best Releases Of The New Year

6 January 2017 By jesse Leave a Comment

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Whew! Glad the 2016 retrospective is finally over. Now we can get to some reviewin’ and interviewin’ and stuff….wait, we’re doing a 2017 preview, too? UGH! WHY????? Then I guess without further adieu, the top 17 albums that may or may not surface in ’17: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: !!!, 3Teeth, Blacklight Media, Chk Chk Chk, Chris Santos, Clutch, Cold, Corrosion Of Conformity, David Duchovny, Gozu, Grave Pleasures, He Is Legend, Life Of Agony, Marilyn Manson, Mastodon, Ministry, Mutoid Man, Napalm Records, Noel Gallagher, Queens Of The Stone Age, Rammstein, Rock And Roll Fables, Soundgarden, Summoner, tr/st, White Noise Owl

Al Fucking Jourgensen: A Rock And Roll Fables Conversation

14 June 2016 By jesse Leave a Comment

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Ministry’s not quite over, RevCo has new material in the works, Lard will be back, and most importantly: Surgical Meth Machine has been unveiled to the masses. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Interviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Al Fucking Jourgensen, Al Jourgensen, Jello Biafra, Lard, Mike Scaccia, Ministry, ministry band, Nuclear Blast Records, RevCo, Revolting Cocks, Rock And Roll Fables, Sam D'Ambruoso, Surgical Meth Machine

Surgical Meth Machine Delivers The Ministry Album You Deserve (Album Review)

5 April 2016 By jesse 2 Comments

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Stay with me for a moment as I attempt to describe Al Jourgensen’s latest project, Surgical Meth Machine, to you: If “Warp City” had sex with the entire “TV” series and their bastard offspring had sex with Revco and THEY had a baby, Surgical Meth Machine would be the result. Make sense? No? Well, if you’re ready for it to get a lot more weird then stick around. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Al Jourgensen, Jello Biafra, Ministry, Nuclear Blast Records, Rock And Roll Fables, Sam D'Ambruoso, Surgical Meth Machine

Chris Connelly: A Rock and Roll Fables Conversation

3 July 2014 By jesse Leave a Comment

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“I think everyone will be delighted. It’s like me going to all my fans and, individually, giving each of them a bottle of assorted pills and a sack full of porn and hotel bar booze.  I do it for the kidz!”

And honestly, who doesn’t want that? In case you missed the headline, we’re talking to Chris Connelly: musician extraordinaire, author (Please check out the sublime Concrete, Bulletproof,  Invisible and Fried: My Life As a Revolting Cock if you’re a fan of the industrial scene), and record store guru (On his gig at Chicago based Reckless Records :”It is my day job, not my company. I would rather stay at home and sip single malt“). He’s a man of many hats and in his current project, Cocksure, Connelly will once again be be sporting that familiar cowboy hat which is sure to excite fans of his work with Al Jourgensen in the ’90’s.

“I wanted to do something that picked up where the Cocks left off…unfinished business from two decades ago. But I dislike nostalgia… and the old songs are the old songs, so I approached my friend Jason Novak, a very talented individual and asked if he could accommodate my idea” says Connelly about Cocksure, whose full-length debut TVMALSV is a rip roaring torrent of Revolting Cocks inspired industrial noise.

That’s where the comparisons should end, though, as Connelly is quick to point out: “We definitely wanted to reflect the good bits of the Cocks, but the sound needed updating. The aesthetic needed a bit of a kick in the nuts, to be honest.  It needed hardening and we needed to embrace the times we live in and not the dreadful 90’s”

To coincide with the album’s release on August 12th, Cocksure will be hitting the road for a slew of performances with Front 242 (Richard 23 actually guests on TVMALSV track “TKO Mindfuck”) like only they can: “Cocksure live? We are going to look like a very cute and sexy Sleigh Bells.  We are two desperately handsome young men who know all about showbiz, baby!  We will be doing select dates, not a full tour.  I still got an ankle bracelet and a bitch of a parole officer.”

Beyond that, Connelly mentions that the work of his that he’s most proud of “is always the latest one” making Cocksure required listening for fans of his and industrial music fans. However, if you’re looking for recommendations about bands in the current industrial “scene”, Connelly proves that he can still shock and surprise audiences: “I think modern hip hop has more in common. I love things like M.I.A. and Die Antwoord.”

And if that wasn’t enough Connelly for you this year, there’s also Bells Into Machines with Paul Barker in the pipeline (“We will talk about that when we’ve got a full length to show off”).

But for now, it’s all about Cocksure. TVMALSV will be uncaged through Metropolis Records on August 12th. You can pre-order yours here and find out more about Cocksure here.

Filed Under: Interviews, Music, New Releases Tagged With: Chris Connelly, Cocksure, Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Rock And Roll Fables, TVMALSV

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