Japanese metalcore with novelty kitsch, sounds as heavy as John Candy’s lard butt, and lyrics that are both insightfully metaphoric and incitefully angry.
Growling like James Hetfield over Ministryish guitar heaviness is not the future, it’s the past. While outgrowing Goth is admirable, becoming powermetal isn’t.
The conceptual mix of heavy music backbone and long, crystal-clear sound clips I’ve always wanted to hear. A nightmare mix of having the stereo and the TV on.
A nostalgia joyride, strapped in A Clockwork Orange-style. The tape’s running at double-time. And the sound quality is decent at best. 35 songs is too many.
This four-song cassette is a blend of rock, grunge, funk, and other similar genres. I saw them when they were Canine Guru, and they were pretty damn good.
For many in Boston, Bim Skala Bim defines ska and has been doing so since 1983, with six studio and a live album under their belts, playing 150-200 shows a year.