Music
Review: Anal Vomit – Demoniac Flagellations
The name Anal Vomit makes one expect this band to be yet another ridiculous gore-grind band — not so! … read more
Review: Death Du Jour – Fragments of Perdition
If you are into Drawn and Quartered, Mortician, Centinex or anything in between, you should own this release of Death Du Jour! … read more
Review: Winter Solstice – The Fall of Rome
Ooh, tricky — I thought by the title and statue on the cover, this would be gothic metal or power metal, but it’s just another piece-of-shit screamo band. … read more
Review: Enthroned – XES Hareticum
While most BM bands annoy me with their vocalists constantly screeching into the microphone, Enthroned’s vocalist is actually the focal point of the band for many people. … read more
Review: Usurper – Cryptobeast
I would have to say that, overall, this is a pretty crushing record, but I’ve heard better from these guys. … read more
Review: Codeseven – Dancing Echoes/Dead Sounds
Apparently Codeseven were once a screamcore band whose high watermark was a cover of “Boys of Summer.” One day they got older, heard Radiohead and traded in their metal. … read more
Review: Dynasty – Black Box
Dynasty, however, are rather enjoyable in that they take all the hand claps and mix it with a certain sleazy sound that has the same texture as a Soft Cell album. … read more
Review: Starflyer 59 – Talking Voice VS. Singing Voice
It’s epic in a small box theater, but not exactly made for big booming stadiums. … read more
Review: Kasabian – Self-Titled
Kasabian Self-Titled RCA Kasabian have been a guilty pleasure of mine since hearing the opening of “Club Foot.” Granted, they aren’t completely original. You can pinpoint various points in Manchester’s history of music that pop up in abundance throughout the album, fitting in somewhere post-Happy Mondays and the Charlatan’s happier days with a dash of
Review: Peter Murphy – Unshattered
Unshattered is aptly titled in that it never really rattles. … read more
Local Review: Gift Anon – Mum’s the Word
Heaps of reverb helps the darkness go down smooth and sugary, but in your stomach, it’ll explode with Gift Anon. … read more
Local Review: The Invisible Rays – Self-Titled
The Invisible Rays play often-slow, almost dirge-ish creep punk filled with plodding buzzsaw bass riffs, mournful or shouted vocals and sometimes-droning synths. … read more
