Many line-up changes and three albums later, Sacramentum drummer Nikke Terror has his fourth Deathwitch album, and it’s the tightest, best sounding yet.
Ever wonder what happened to the Spin Doctors? Me neither, Turns out Eric “Annoying Grinning Dwarf” Schenkman hooked up with Corky Laing of Mountain fame.
Think Mind Over Four, Thought Industry, Jane’s Addiction, or Candiria, metal without limits, adding a double shot of Brutally Truthful post-grind irony.
The Judas Factor put the insanity back into hardcore. Ballads in Blue China is everything the bio claims it to be: Noisy, sincere, emotional, and artistic.
There’s an incredible depth to the violence, passion, and beauty on Enslaved’s Blodhemn. Few metal bands rival Enslaved’s musical complexity and originality.
Extremely thorny, prickly and crisp black metal with brilliant execution, but vocals mixed far back. All the better to hear this knock ’em dead drummer.