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Bolt Thrower review
Bolt Thrower Those Once Loyal (Metal Blade) For nearly 20 years, Bolt Thrower have been making death metal albums about war. Here’s to 20 more!
Floetry review
Floetry Flo’Ology (Geffen) Returning as one of the worst-named groups in pop history, Marsha Ambrosius and Natalie Stewart kick anger to the curb and float into oblivion.
MLTKK Go Disco
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult Gay, Black And Married (Ryko) One of the most promising entrants into industrial dance are an erratic mess. This is the long-rumored disco tribute.
Story Of The CD Review
Story Of The Year In The Wake Of Determination (Maverick) Sure, debating the worth of Story Of The Year is like bartering with cigarette butts, yet In The Wake Of Determination could prove an invaluable document.
Thee More Shallows review
Thee More Shallows More Deep Cuts (Turn) We’ve finally figured out what the Dream Police are for, and they save lives, dammit!
Shinedown CD review
Shinedown Us And Them (Atlantic) Whosever idea it was to begin metal albums with childrens voices doesn’t matter. It’s the copycats who deserve death.
Sevendust CD review
Sevendust Next (WineDark) Next finds Sevendust dealing with the departure of guitarist David Lowering, and standing still.
Ringworm CD review
Ringworm Justice Replaced By Revenge (Victory) Cleveland metal heroes find their favorite early-’90s Slayer and Pantera albums, mash away.
Propagandhi CD review
Propagandhi Potemkin City Limits (Fat Wreck Chords) Sometimes we remember the dumbest shit. Can’t recall the issue, but in the early ’90s, someone wrote to R.I.P. complaining Anthrax weren’t metal, but punk.
The Morning After Girls CD review
The Morning After Girls Prelude: EP’s 1 & 2 (Rainbow Quartz) Nirvana had a dreadful, dreadful effect on music.
I Am Ghost CD review
I Am Ghost We Are Always Searching (Epitaph) Of all the bands missing from the “For Fans Of” sticker on I Am Ghosts’ debut, one sticks out: Queensrÿche.
Living Things CD review
LIVING THINGS Ahead Of The Lions (Jive) Living Things very well may have recorded the best rock album of 2003. But outside of critics who received advances of Black Skies In Broad Daylight or those who may have gotten their hands on the import, few heard the album because the band’s then label, Dreamworks, dissolved, […]
Patti Smith CD review
Patti Smith Horses/Horses (Arista/Columbia/Legacy) “Jesus died for somebody’s sins/but not mine.” They tried to fuck with this seminal release a bit, but those are still the opening lines. Patti Smith was already a minor star when the New York punk bands were starting their revolution, but their macho credo remains hers, nonetheless. Deconstructing Them’s and […]
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