Devin Townsend (re)releases his hilarious story of a fictitious Cookie-Monster-voiced death metal band and their realization that the real money is in punk.
Tonight the Stars Revolt! is quite good, if you get into that whole Korn/Coal Chamber/Sevendust/Limp Bizkit/Kid Rock style of moan-roar-rap-metal stuff.
Necropolis has done a fine job assembling some of the most dangerous, bloodthirsty, ultra-violent, speed-addled lunatics on the planet on Thrashing Holocaust.
Never has another compilation series managed to find such flawless line-ups each and every single time. Signed, unsigned, domestic, foreign, it doesn’t matter.
Gaza Strippers, Custom Made Scare, Teen Idols, Los Infernos, Speedealer, Nobodys, Hai Karate, Hayride to Hell, and the Hellbillys show up on Start Your Engines.
Original, well-crafted (instrumentally and vocally) fast music from the likes of Dogwood, Shorthanded, and Craig’s Brother make pop-punk as enriching as ever.