The Drowns – Under Tension
While we could easily start this review of The Drowns debut album discussing the disparity between looks (the album cover – which is terrible) and…
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Young Canadians – Hawaii
Punk bands have been called dangerous and have been accused of challenging every establishment with which they come into contact, but the truth is…
X – Wild Gift
As good as Los Angeles was and as important as that album would ultimately prove to be in the presentation of X, the band’s…
X – Los Angeles
It might not be the first thing that fans think of when they’re looking at punk rock and trying to decode how the genre has…
Caskets Open – Concrete Realms of Pain
As one of Finland’s most legendary bands once sang, we really do have Doom Over the World nowadays. What started off with outfits like…
Forming the Void – Reverie
In some ways, Forming the Void got lucky. Their tour with Church of Misery ended in early March, about a week before the world…
Tyrant – Hereafter
Now, there are a lot of Tyrants in the metal world – this outfit isn’t even the only Tyrant from California. But, other than…
Volcanova – Radical Waves
I guess it’s maybe not so unusual to come across a stoner rock band from Iceland – after all, nearby Sweden has done just…
16 – Dream Squasher
It’s almost hard to believe that sludge metal is roughly 30 years old now, but as SoCal outfit 16, which put out its first…
POWER TRIP – Live In Seattle 05.28.18
Texas metal favourites POWER TRIP threw out a surprise this week – Live In Seattle 05.28.18 was issued through Dark Operative, and is now…