Strangehold covers a lot of ground, and for $10, it’s a good way to check out a few you’ve heard “the cool kids” talk about, and get exposed to a few new bands.
The Crow: Salvation is smart enough to offer rock as well as dark metal and electronic music. The gems are pretty easy to pick, as are the piles of dogshit.
For those who want to scope the entire range of what a tribute album can be, look no further than this mammoth two-CD, 26-track dust-up to the power of Maiden.
For those of you who are curious about all of this heavy/desert/stoner rock stuff that you’re hearing so much about these days, this is the perfect CD for you.
The first three bands on this 19-tracker will prove that Deep Elm is THE emo label. None of their bands plays the dreaded genre of music without originality.
For all their laying their souls at the altar of rock, people turned a cold ear to the big, ugly guys in women’s clothing and garishly-applied make-up.