Another slab of hatred and agony with which these Swedish forefathers can prove their worth, and all you kiddies out there should definitely pick it up.
Part peppy punkpop with cool start/stop breakdowns, part, ya know, lo-fi indie noodling (useless musician show-off shit if you ask me, but you didn’t).
Not the usual head-cuttin’ stompin’ blues curiosity the label specializes in. James “Super Chikan” Johnson’s soulful elaborations on old themes will win fans.
The collaboration between Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer and Blind Guardian’s Hansi Kursch. Quality, serious-minded power metal riffs and creatively fresh harmonies.
A mix of Seal, Peter Gabriel, and NIN (the slow stuff). Of course, anyone who wants to copy NIN sounds like Gravity Kills, Stabbing Westward, or Prick.
A nice variation of styles, but most of the album’s moments still don’t rise above your standard “technical pop punk with Dokken-sounding guitars” bunch.