Stoner/Hard Rock Review – Page 11

Royal Thunder – Review

February 14, 2011

Bassist/singer Miny Parsonz may be the biggest reason I have a half-bat for this Atlanta trio, but the whole package is something special.

Kylesa – Spiral Shadow – Review

December 27, 2010

A sad record. Not in a boo-hoo way, it’s more of a hands-in-pockets, head down, kick the can as the weight of existence slows your movement kind of way.

Riotgod – Review

December 8, 2010

30 seconds in, singer Mark Sunshine has already belted out a “whoo” and a “yeeaah,” signaling the coming flood of big, fuzzy riffs, sky-tearing solos.

The High Confessions – Turning Lead into Gold with The High Confessions – Review

July 25, 2010

The music is like dark clouds forming. It has shades of a slow-mo version of Ministry or Big Black. No surprise considering the pedigree of the group.

The Sons of Hercules – A Different Kind of Ugly – Review

July 16, 2010

Garage punk has meant different things over the years. There are plenty of mall punk teens who don’t know who the Dead Boys were and think Iggy Pop is an actor.

Chickenfoot – Review

May 1, 2010

The best one could hope for in a band fronted by Sammy Hagar is slick, radio-ready mediocrity, but this odd supergroup exists on another, deeper level of bad.

Pistol Whip – Terminal – Review

May 1, 2010

Like the ’70s bands Death and The Dogs, Pistol Whip is a long-lost treasure from an era when rock ‘n’ roll was just a solid kick to the scrotum.

Black Label Society – Skullage – Review

May 1, 2010

Heavy on the big guitar riffs like his work with Ozzy. Wylde often relies too much on his distorted vocal tricks, but the disc is a fine primer for the curious.

New Zero God – Fun Is A Four Letter Word – Review

April 1, 2010

Greek Gothic veterans team up to make a dark, catchy debut similar to the Gothic punk bands in the UK in the late ’70s and ’80s: The Damned, Bauhaus, etc.

Juliette Lewis – Terra Incognita – Review

April 1, 2010

Since Juliette Lewis stepped onto the music stage, I’ve been waiting for her to yell “Gotcha!” It feels like a Saturday Night Live skit about a “rocker” chick.