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ambient \ black metal \ experimental \ Hypnotic Dirge Records \ netra \ shoegaze \ Sørbyen
Netra: Sørbyen
Why the delay in the Sparrow reviews? Are those guys a bunch of lazy punks around here or what? Get with it. In our defense, blame this album. Sørbyen is one of the strangest things we’ve ever received, and that’s saying a ton because we’re used to it weird around here. But Netra has crossed […]
built to rock \ hardcore \ kause 4 konflikt \ thrash
Kause 4 Konflikt: No Better Friend – No Worse Enemy
This one looks just plain awful on the surface. It reads like the worst of hardcore with Kottonmouth Kings and Slipknot bringing up the fore to end your life brah, and the band members even have themselves dressed like Mushroomhead or something unspeakable, as a quick internet search reveals. Suffice to say it looked like […]
all pigs must die \ hardcore \ hardcore punk \ punk
All Pigs Must Die: Nothing Violates This Nature
All Pigs Must Die is first off, a pretty fucking brutal name. Gotta give em’ credit for that. Secondly, their album, Nothing Violates This Nature, is one of the most primal and chaotic hardcore punk albums to be released in 2013. This is the kind of music that is truly unforgiving – the kind of […]
fast break records \ hardcore \ no regrets \ no turning back
No Turning Back: No Regrets
Some people have been around too long. They’ve been around so long they forget how long it’s been, and they still think it’s “back then” when it’s actually “today”. No Turning Back is the definition of irony. It wants to suggest it’s been forged in the fires of the future, but it’s actually long-cold steel […]
all out war \ groove metal \ incite \ minus head records
Incite: All Out War
This one has “family matters” written all over it, not the show but the phenomenon. Like, this legitimately was written by the step-son, practically real son, of Max Cavalera, and was produced by Logan Mader, so it has every notable groove metal band ever formed all over it. And Richie, head of Incite, is seriously […]
grind-o-matic \ grind-o-records \ grindcore
Grind-O-Matic: Flower Power
Saltine crackers. They taste great up until the halfway through the package and then you are left with a dry mouth and desperately need some water. They’re like the band Grind-O-matic; good up until midway through and then you need something else. Grind-O-matic are a three-piece grindcore band out of France and with the release […]
ax \ cold spring \ drone \ hnw \ noise
Ax: Metal Forest
Cold Spring knows how to send promos, like really, guy always has since we started to branch into noise a few years ago. Full inserts, real discs, and one-sheets with everything you need to know about the release in question. Labels and bands could learn a thing or two about that…we’re just throwing that out […]
grunge \ kapitan korsakov \ prog \ progressive metal \ punk \ sludge \ stoner
Kapitan Korsakov: stuff & such
Damn it, not again! Not again!!! You see, you look at the poorly Shooped (that means Photoshopped) cover, and you immediately write it off. “Wow, nice, someone got the free download version of CS or something, that’s nice, next!“, you say to yourself, and come back to it as you get to the bottom of the […]
bent left \ encapsulated records \ punk
Bent Left: Fabergé
Usually we don’t get this type of punk around here, the more classic variety, minus the street, studs, mohawks, and inane, High School political references as they toss vegan zines in your face and demand you stop washing your hair and eat Chik’n Quorn patties. Bent Left come from Kansas City and have been playing […]
black metal \ crust \ doom \ grindcore \ sloth herder \ sludge
Sloth Herder: Abandon Pop Sensibility
Funny story about Frederick, MD. The reviewer who is penning this review here happens to be doing research for a novel partially based on a true story, part of which involves a man shooting his wife through the heart, who was originally from Frederick, like really, that part’s completely true. After he killed her, and […]
