Satan’s Satyrs – Don’t Deliver Us
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. “Retro, throwback, ’70s rock worshippers with occult-themed lyrics…” But wait, this isn’t just the same old…
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Irata – Sweet Loris
Though Irata are relatively unknown, this Carolina trio comes with some instant sludge cred—this record was produced by Phil Cope and is being released…
Speedtrap – Straight Shooter
Reviews I’m seen for this simply splendid album seem to focus on two bands as influences on Speedtrap, Motorhead and Chrome Division (I don’t…
Mick Wall’s Getcha Rocks Off (book review)
Writing about music now is very different from Mick Wall’s decades of involvement in the music industry, working both in PR and as a…
Van Halen – s/t
The thing about albums which are truly progressive (to be clear, I’m referring to albums which break new ground – not necessarily prog rock…
Kadavar – Berlin
Kadavar has really cut its teeth on the road since the release of their last record, 2013’s Abra Kadavar. On their first North American…
Finger Eleven – Five Crooked Lines
It was very reasonable to assume that Finger Eleven had totally sold out years ago. Back in 2003, the success of “One Thing” –…
NXNE 2015 – Urvah Khan, Cold Cave, Deafheaven
Gig-hopping at NXNE 2015 – from the Bovine to Adelaide Music Hall on June 20th: On the edges of the metal world we get…
Kinski – 7 (Or 8)
Without intending to sound condescending, things are really starting to get interesting for Kinski now – on their seventh full-length album. For the sake…
Faith No More – Sol Invictus
The last time Faith No More released a new studio album (which was Album Of The Year in 1997, by the way), I was…