Slayer sounds more sinister when they’re in a mid-tempo groove. That approach makes World Painted Blood their most malevolent-sounding album in a while.
Greek Gothic veterans team up to make a dark, catchy debut similar to the Gothic punk bands in the UK in the late ’70s and ’80s: The Damned, Bauhaus, etc.
The bassist for Celtic rockers Flogging Molly is a solid singer and songwriter. Admittedly more reggae and quietly singer/songwritery than many would expect.
Since Juliette Lewis stepped onto the music stage, I’ve been waiting for her to yell “Gotcha!” It feels like a Saturday Night Live skit about a “rocker” chick.
Eight tracks that conjure up fuzzy metal memories of classic Maiden, Sabbath, and Priest albums. Compact, calculated, and built to withstand endless revisits.
That’s not an instrumental intro (like the killer “Dark Intentions” opening The Haunted Made Me Do It), this is a three-piece instrumental thrash metal band.
Jens Broman’s voice is formidable, a higher-register Chuck Billy, and the rest of the band has no problem assembling a suitably pummeling thrash/death hybrid.