Neurosis – The Word as Law (reissue)
Man, I’m looking forward to seeing Neurosis again in Toronto next month! Of course, they don’t really have any new material to promote—their last…
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Howling Giant – Black Hole Space Wizard Part 2
I was all over the first installment of this Nashville trio’s EP trilogy last year, so I’ve got no reason not to listen to…
The Ditch and the Delta – Hives in Decline
The good thing about being from a town that’s a bit off the metal radar is that it’s harder to lump you in with…
Longhouse – II: Vanishing
Now, I do try to support Canadian bands that fly the freak flag for stoner/sludge/doom, but Longhouse definitely caught me off guard. I did not…
Jupiter Hollow – Odyssey
I am very impressed by this EP on any level. Sounding, to my mind, like a cross between Rush, Zombi, and Mastodon, this is progressive…
Arduini/Balich – Dawn of Ages
In case you weren’t familiar with the two names on the cover, Victor Arduini played guitar on the first two Fates Warning LPs, while…
Watchtower – Concepts Of Math: Book One
Watchtower have a pretty legendary legacy among a niche group of metalheads. To just call their music “thrash metal” and move on is a…
Anciients – Voice of the Void
Album number two from Anciients, Vancouver’s answer to Neurosis, comes roughly three-and-a-half years after their breakout debut, Heart of Oak. So it’s been a…
Sahg – Memento Mori
I first saw this Norwegian outfit open for Celtic Frost and 1349 nearly a decade ago, and I liked ‘em so much, I bought…
Howling Giant – Black Hole Space Wizard (Part 1)
This is hardly the kinda stuff you’d expect to hear outta Nashville. While Music Row is all caught up in producing purely putrid pop…