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‘Let Your Dim Light Shine’ Still Burns Bright at 30: A Soul Asylum Flashback

In the summer of 1995, Soul Asylum’s single “Misery” was everywhere. You couldn’t escape it, and honestly, I wasn’t complaining. That hook? Catchy as...

Music Review: Cryptopsy’s ‘An Insatiable Violence’ Is Death Metal with a Vengeance

The Canadian crushers return with an eight-track blitz of brutality that’s lean, mean, and utterly relentless. So, listen — I haven’t been on the Cryptopsy...

Rivers of Nihil Deliver a Relentless Masterclass in Metal Mayhem

The Pennsylvania quartet drops a self-titled sonic sledgehammer that’s equal parts crushing, cinematic, and unexpectedly soulful. Man, oh man — y’all aren’t ready for this...

Album Review: EXECUTIONIST’s Sacrament of the Sick Is a Savage Debut

So... Sacrament of the Sick is the debut album from EXECUTIONIST — and believe you me, det’s a guud wonn (read that in your...

Album Review: GAME OVER’s ‘Face the End’ Is a Thrash-Fueled Ripper

Damn, yo. I love thrash metal. It’s my favorite, right behind death and black metal, in the canon of what gets my blood pumping...

Album Review: Haters Gonna Hate, ARCH ENEMY Gonna Dominate

Look, I know some of you have had issues with ARCH ENEMY for years. Guess what? No one cares. That said, let’s take a look...

Album Review: ALLEGAEON Unleashes a Monster with ‘The Ossuary Lens’

Roughly a decade ago, I got an email from a rep at Metal Blade Records (oh hey, Carine!). She asked if I’d be interested...

Album Review: ADE — ‘Supplicium’

OK!! So, let's go with this new ADE album, Supplicium (Time to Kill Records), yeah? I got into these guys when my dear friend...

Album Review: AVERSED — ‘Erasure of Color’

So, the first thing I want to talk about with the new AVERSED album, Erasure of Color (M-Theory Audio), is Sarah Hartman's vocals. She...

Album Review: KILLSWITCH ENGAGE — ‘This Consequence’

So, I have a love/hate/love relationship with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE (cue the AIC song now). I went all in with 2004's The End of Heartache...

Album Review: WHITECHAPEL — ‘Hymns in Dissonance’

While I haven't been on board the WHITECHAPEL train as long as most of you, I have really come to dig their music for...

Album Review: DREAM THEATER — ‘Parasomnia’

It took me a little while to dig into the latest DREAM THEATER record, Parasomnia, but when I was finally able to, it reminded...

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