Stoner/Hard Rock Review – Page 10

Corrosion of Conformity – Review

March 30, 2012

Gone is Pepper’s trademark voice (Mike Dean’s voice is fine, but no replacement), as well as a little of the band’s sense of adventure.

Wizard Rifle – Speak Loud Say Nothing – Review

March 23, 2012

Jerking the listener around in a million different musical directions is usually a recipe for disaster, but even as a young band, these two dudes pull it off.

Orange Goblin – A Eulogy for the Damned – Review

February 17, 2012

UK metal veterans Orange Goblin come out of the gate swinging on their first album in five years. “Red Tide Rising” punches with some hefty old-school force.

Sixx: A.M. – This is Gonna Hurt – Review

December 30, 2011

Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx has exorcised a lot of his demons and he’s now in a good place. Unfortunately, people in good places tend to make weak, pussy-ass art.

40 Watt Sun – The Inside Room – Review

October 21, 2011

A more metallic ’10s update on early-’90s shoegaze, 40 Watt Sun sounds like the bastard three-way of Kevin Shields, Peter Murphy, and half of Seattle circa ’91.

Pretty Boy Floyd – Kiss of Death – A Tribute to Kiss – Review

July 29, 2011

It’s a Kiss tribute, released in 2010, by a band who peaked with their first album in ’89. Mean, but true. 15 covers ranging from classic Kiss to who cares?

Red Fang – Murder the Mountains – Review

June 27, 2011

These Portland guys are in the sludgy, fuzzy metal camp. The band’s two vocalists will take you back to the golden Oliveri years of Queens of the Stone Age.

Bloody Ceremony – Living with the Ancients – Review

May 23, 2011

Holy crap, that’s a lotta flute. You’ve gotta know at what point to rein it in, and Toronto’s Bloody Ceremony barrels right past that point on its second album.

The Sign of the Southern Cross – I Carry The Fire – Review

April 25, 2011

You might be expecting some serious Sabbath love, but this three-song EP makes it clear that Pantera/Down worship is more where their heads are at.

Electric Wizard – Black Masses – Review

February 16, 2011

The mighty Electric Wizard return in all of their fuzzy/doomy/all-encompassing Sabby-ness with Black Masses.