Filled with chest-puffing, fist-pounding gestures of manliness… but behold! There are interesting melodies, arrangements, and a Wild West saloon piano solo.
A reissue of the rising Taiwanese black metal band’s 2002 effort. Every bit as musically proficient, thematically grand, and lyrically poetic as Seediq Bale.
Bad Religion have been on the up and up since guitarist/backup vocalist Brett Gurewitz returned. No surprise this is another monolith of pop punk excellence.
11 tracks that kinda blend, but there are breakdowns to anticipate, roars to marvel at, and guitarwork to learn. Little clean singing and keyboard flourishes.
Skindred is like no other. Groovecore with a Rasta singer. He can scat, rap, and harmonize like the emo metal pussies without crying his eyeliner into streaks.
Best Helloween album in years. Not really that much of an accomplishment, seeing as many recent albums have fallen between passable and freakin’ embarrassing.
From Buffalo, NY, home of many a decent hardcore band, ETID incorporates a bit of Southern drawl, which is funny, seeing as upstate NY is far from the South.