Today is the Day – Willpower – Review February 1, 1995 The hooks are buried. If you want easy listening, buy one of STP’s records. If you want something that demands your attention, this CD is the shit.
Gravityhead – Dropped – Review February 1, 1995 The production is great, the playing is better than competent, the vocalist sounds exactly like Ian Astbury of the Cult.
Skyclad – Prince of Poverty Line – Review February 1, 1995 Combining shredding solos, creative keyboards, violin accompaniment, and former Sabbath vocalist Martin Walkyier, Skyclad is progressive metal at its finest.
Sick of It All – Scratch The Surface – Review February 1, 1995 Scratch The Surface oozes with the nastiness and aggression of the badlands of NYC as only true hardcore outfit Sick Of It All can serve it up.
Sickening Gore – Destructive Reality – Review February 1, 1995 Destructive Reality is powerfully produced and comes across as a dark meeting of Cannibal Corpse and Slayer.
Quicksand – Manic Compression – Review February 1, 1995 Back with an intense edge, this follows in the blazing footsteps of their previous killer, Slip.
Orange 9mm – Driver Not Included – Review February 1, 1995 They may bring up a few associations in your auditory memory, but they’ll do it with the force and wickedness of an M-1 tank.
Craw – Lost Nation Road – Review February 1, 1995 Littered with stuttering, disjointed rhythms, noisy, dissonant guitar lines that occasionally lean towards metal, and screamed and growled vocals.
Lost Breed – Save Yourself – Review February 1, 1995 Similar to Hellhound mates, The Obsessed, Lost Breed trudges heavily along like a dinosaur through mud.
Bolt Thrower – …For Victory – Review February 1, 1995 Crushing everything in its path like a tank plowing blindly through friend and foe, Bolt Thrower is coming.