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HUGO – OLD TYME RELIGION (Album Review)

In stating that he's "trying to make rock & roll in the age of hip-hop," British-born, Thailand-raised, NYC-based gangsta rocker HUGO could be interpreted as insinuating that...

OTEP – ATAVIST (Album Review)

At first listen, something that becomes very apparent about the new album from OTEPis that it sounds a bit different than the recent recorded output from musical auteur OTEP SHAMAYA and...

BOWLING FOR SOUP – FISHIN’ FOR WOOS (Album Review)

One of the bands mentioned back in February during my 2011: The Year that Pop Punk Strikes Back feature, BOWLING FOR SOUP have positioned themselves as a unique...

MOVITS! – OUT OF MY HEAD (Album Review)

A couple of weeks ago I joked on Facebook that the Swedish Government had officially announced that from here on out, their sole products...

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME – THE PARALLAX: HYPERSLEEP DIALOGUES (EP Review)

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME has been one of my favorite bands ever since THE SILENT CIRCUS first came to town in 2003. Now, after nearly a...

VOLBEAT – BEYOND HELL/ABOVE HEAVEN (Album Review)

From the stuff we missed for review department comes BEYOND HELL/ABOVE HEAVEN (out now via Universal/Republic), the latest album from Danish rockers VOLBEAT. The follow-up to their 2008 album GUITAR...

SIN-ATRA – The metal tribute to FRANK SINATRA (Album Review)

What a shame. A concept with vast potential is met with poor execution to equal a sonic travesty... When I first mentioned back in January that there...

Exclusive: Embracing life with THE BLACK DOTS OF DEATH – a conversation with M. SHAWN CRAHAN (SLIPKNOT)

One of the most daunting tasks for any artist is the inevitable media rounds prior to the release of an album. Pre-release interviews, conversations...

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME – THE BEST OF (Album Review)

It's always awkward when a beloved band switches labels mid-career, only to see their former label release a greatest hits set on or about the same...

YELLOWCARD – WHEN YOU’RE THROUGH THINKING, SAY YES (Album Review)

Nearly a decade ago, I recall seeing a private performance by YELLOWCARD in a non-descript ballroom hidden deep within the bowels of Caesar's Palace in Las...

CAVALERA CONSPIRACY – BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA (Album Review)

It would be impossible to discuss the collective works of the Brothers Cavalera without making comparisons to their vast, yet very similar other works....

BLACKGUARD – FIREFIGHT (Album Review)

When a melodic death metal band chooses a name that could represent a character from either DUNGEONS & DRAGONS or WARHAMMER, you have a...

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