There’s nothing like a healthy dose of hate, and Koltum give that hate tenfold with Funeral of Flesh. … read more
Review: La Machine – Phases and Repetition
I can’t help but imagine these tracks backing a David Lynch film—something along the lines of a black Cadillac racing through the desert night pursued by creepy-looking pale corpses in dark suits. … read more
Review: Lord Dying – Summon The Faithless
Lord Dying, a Portland quartet featuring former stalwarts of the SLC metal scene, remind us why we first fell for metal. … read more
Review: letlive. – The Blackest Beautiful
Starting on a great note with the awful production quality and muddy vocals on “Banshee (Ghost Fame),” right away this is a painful album to struggle through. … read more
Review: Less Than Jake – Greetings & Salutations
Whether you’re holed up at the Missionary Training Center or just dream of being there someday, this latest collection from Gainesville’s favorite ska-punk sons will help you get through those lonely nights. … read more
Review: Leverage Models – Self-Titled
With catchy, up-tempo pop beats that are both acoustic and electronic, Leverage Models have the ability to please a wide spectrum of music fans. … read more
Review: Las Kellies – Total Exposure
I’m not usually a big fan of the use of synth in music, but this mix of dub-influenced, groove-filled tunes is seductive to the ears and just damn good. … read more
Review: Kommandant – Stormlegion Reissue
The tunes are black metal blazers with tinges of war metal themes, ditching the atmospheric and going for the blast-beat-ridden jugular. Chicago’s metal scene is owning a lot of genres right now, and this serves as a pick-it-up-if-you-didn’t-have-it-already release … read more
Review: Lee Corey Oswald/Three Man Cannon – Self-Titled
The sound was very punk influenced, but captured more of a laidback, slower tempo and softer melody. The other side, Lee Corey Oswald, was a little bit more garage-band angst with less of the laidback feel. … read more
Review: Lisa Papineau – Blood Noise
Often using the softer register of her varied instrument, songs like “Dream The Wild,” “Early Spring” and “Rainmaker” partially sound whispered and ghostly. … read more
Review: Korn – The Paradigm Shift
There are breakdowns and plenty of bass slapping going on, just not as much of front man Jonathan Davis’ screaming. For fans, this may be a nice bite of fresh Korn after the last dubstep collaborative album. Looking past “dubstep Korn,” this record fits right in with however many albums Korn’s recorded. … read more
Review: Lie In Ruins – Towards Divine Death
Hail Satan, hail death, indeed. This album is the band’s second full-length since they were resurrected from the heyday of early ‘90s death metal to bring back what is a decidedly old-school sound to the genre. It’s longer on both song and album length than most death metal works, which seemed to give the whole thing a more cohesive feeling. … read more
