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Black Anvil – Triumvirate – Review

October 18, 2010

The phrase “NYC-based black metal” might conjure images in your mind of a hipster-heavy, irony-fueled disaster, but luckily for us, Black Anvil is for real.

Hero Destroyed – Throes – Review

August 23, 2010

Nothing sounds labored or painstakingly tweaked, just lively and aggressive. It’s an enviable trait, to sound like you just plugged in and went with it.

Brian Posehn – Fart and Wiener Jokes – Review

July 30, 2010

Some comedy albums change your outlook on the universe. Some change the course of popular culture. Fart and Wiener Jokes will make you laugh.

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.

Kingdom of Sorrow – Behind the Blackest Tears – Review

June 1, 2010

Pretty much what one would expect from a collaboration featuring Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta and Crowbar’s Kirk Windstein. But then something happens…

Black Tusk – Taste the Sin – Review

June 1, 2010

There’s definitely something in the dark water down in Georgia, what with all of these sludge-happy metal bands bashing their way into the spotlight.

Baroness – Blue Record – Review

November 1, 2009

An amazing and diverse band, so textured and well-versed, metal fans would be missing out on a real gem if they didn’t snag this one and absorb it thoroughly.

Dekapitator – The Storm Before the Calm – Review

December 21, 2007

Dekapitator have arguably created the second best old school thrash metal revivalist record. The first, of course, being Municipal Waste’s The Art of Partying.

The County Medical Examiners – Olidous Operettas – Review

March 18, 2007

Medical-obsessed goregrind.

Coldworker – The Contaminated Void – Review

January 1, 2007

14 tracks of razor-sharp Swedish death. Debut release, but veteran member in Nasum’s Anders Jakobson.