Filth Is Eternal Find Out If They Have An Album Of The Year Contender With Latest Scorcher

26 September 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

Is “Grunge Punk” a thing? Well, it should be especially upon hearing the latest from Seattle’s Filth Is Eternal which pretty much captures that vibe across Find Out‘s 14 tracks, each of which barely breach the two-minute mark yet manage to come at yer earholes all dense and dynamic-like unfurling at times like a sort of Heavy Metal mixtape with the flow throughout. Also, are we allowed to call Find Out fun? Because it is. Like listening through Turnstile’s Time & Space for the first time or a lot of those early Roadrunner Records debut records where they’re monstrous, something special, and just an experience from start to finish.

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Somnuri Level Up With Dense, Dynamic, & Diabolical Desiderium

18 July 2023 By jesse Leave a Comment

“…bridging a gap between acts like Helmet, Karp, Handsome, and Quicksand with the sonic journeys of an Isis or Jesu”

If you, not only, know who Handsome is but can also proudly compare yourselves to them then you’re already alright in our book. It also helps that we dug the hell out of Brooklyn’s Somnuri before ever reading that as well and yeah, the above press release quote is pretty damn accurate especially as one dives into their third full-length Desiderium.

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The Callous Daoboys Deliver A Diabolic Dissertation, Bring The Noise On Celebrity Therapist

30 August 2022 By jesse Leave a Comment

With all the hype surrounding The Callous Daoboys lately there’s many a watchful eye (And ear!) tuned into their upcoming new record Celebrity Therapist. We admit we were pretty skeptical ourselves diving into the eight song effort after being intrigued when “A Brief Article Regarding Time Loops” but are here to tell you that Celebrity Therapist does, in fact, deliver on all fronts and truly lives up to the hype. It could even be said that the latest from The Callous Daoboys is all that. AND a bag of chips.

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Crowbar Show Why They’re Still The Definitive Sludge Lords And Still Going Strong After Three Decades On Zero And Below

28 February 2022 By jesse Leave a Comment

In the year of our lord 2022, and over 30 years into their career as Sludge Metal GODS, there’s absolutely no denying what a new Crowbar record is going to sound like. It’s that same kind of comfort fans get when they press “Play” on any AC/DC masterpiece and with their latest, Zero And Below, the New Orleans outfit have managed to craft a quintessential Crowbar record that stays true to their roots while adding a slew of vibrantly vicious new sonic cuts to their already impressive arsenal of legendary tracks.

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21 For ’21 Because Why Not?!? (RNRF Best Of 2021)

30 December 2021 By jesse 1 Comment

I always do like 50 different drafts for just the opening alone then end up with one stripped down thing like this at the end of it all because I just wanna get this ish out there to the masses. 2021 has been up’s and down’s in the world but a pretty solid year overall for music. So much so that I almost considered not ranking my massive list of 21 releases that did it for me in 2021. Almost. As always, thanks for liking and following and most importantly, thanks for reading!

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