A Minnesota trio who weave dense, atmospheric guitars into thick slabs of sound. On Drift, a four-song EP, the band isn’t shy about pushing the volume.
Heavy on the big guitar riffs like his work with Ozzy. Wylde often relies too much on his distorted vocal tricks, but the disc is a fine primer for the curious.
Ever watched a comic who had one joke he tried to re-tell over and over and it stopped being funny almost instantly? That’s pretty much what you get here.
Slayer sounds more sinister when they’re in a mid-tempo groove. That approach makes World Painted Blood their most malevolent-sounding album in a while.
Greek Gothic veterans team up to make a dark, catchy debut similar to the Gothic punk bands in the UK in the late ’70s and ’80s: The Damned, Bauhaus, etc.
The bassist for Celtic rockers Flogging Molly is a solid singer and songwriter. Admittedly more reggae and quietly singer/songwritery than many would expect.