Year of the Cobra – …in the Shadows Below
Man, if I could get all the right documents and permits together, I’d move to Seattle in a heartbeat. It’s got a great food…
Superjoint – Caught Up in the Gears of Application
Now, I’m not one of those people who worships the ground Phil Anselmo walks on. (Hell, I skipped Down to catch Beelzefuzz at Psycho…
Ayahuasca – Yin
I can actually trace the roots of this Toronto band back to The Womb—literally, as that was the name of their former band. What…
Khemmis – Hunted
I’ll admit, I’ve been sitting on this one for a bit. Khemmis’ debut album, Absolution, struck me as a slightly crunchier Pallbearer… and while…
Wasted Theory – Defenders of the Riff
The heaviest damn band outta Bear, Delaware is back with its second record, with a nod to Judas Priest and an album cover that…
Red Fang – Only Ghosts
Album number four from Portland’s party-rock ambassadors comes three years, almost to the date, since their last record Whales and Leeches earned them an…
Geezer – self-titled
Hailing from the other Kingston (that would be in New York), this heavy-rock trio shoots from the hip on their Ripple Music debut with…
Asteroid – III
It’s been a while since Asteroid last made contact with earth. The Swedish heavy-rock trio was fairly active in the aughts, but had not…
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…
Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel – Keep it Greasy
Some bands simply worship the 70’s, but this outfit looks like they stumbled out of a dingy London pub back in ’72. (The one…