Mercyful Fate’s Melissa and Don’t Break The Oath are classics due to King Diamond’s vocals and the mind-bending riffs and solos of Michael Denner and Hank Shermann.
Hey, Killer is the most consistent Local H record since 2002’s Here Comes the Zoo and the band’s best since at least 2004’s Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles?
Canadian dark wavers The Birthday Massacre expertly walk the line between electro that’s moody and intriguing and electro that stumbles into cheesy territory.
I’m not one for acoustic heartbreak. Anything vaguely Dashboard Confessional-like and I’m running for the exit, but UK indie rockers Moose Blood got me with “Cherry.”