Skinny Puppy – hanDover – Review

October 25, 2011

Industrial veterans Skinny Puppy deliver exactly the weird, wonderful sounds one expects on their 14th album. It’s all over the map, and all the better for it.

40 Watt Sun – The Inside Room – Review

October 21, 2011

A more metallic ’10s update on early-’90s shoegaze, 40 Watt Sun sounds like the bastard three-way of Kevin Shields, Peter Murphy, and half of Seattle circa ’91.

ICS Vortex – Storm Seeker – Review

September 30, 2011

The debut from ex-Dimmu Borgir, ex-Borknagar bassist/vocalist ICS Vortex is surprisingly traditional, given the extreme leanings of his previous work.

The Regime – Review

September 2, 2011

Dual singers, so you get a more mainstream rock vox on one hand, and a tougher voice on the other. You also get a fusillade of sound and fury.

Revocation – Chaos of Forms – Review

September 2, 2011

So many jaw-dropping riffs and solos are thown at you during the first half, the band takes an instrumental stretch break before the second half beatdown.

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