Asphalt Graves – The New Primitive
Asphalt Graves, a new project boasting an impressive resume of talent with current and former members of bands like Dying Fetus, Black Dahlia Murder,…
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Mos Generator – Abyssinia
I was a pretty big fan of Mos Generator’s last album, Electric Mountain Majesty, which was released in 2014. It was a solid blend…
Nails – You Will Never Be One of Us
You Will Never Be One of Us is the latest album from power violence band Nails out on Nuclear Blast. The album title could…
Diamond Head – Diamond Head
Diamond Head has been around for the better part of 40 years. They’ve been there since the beginning, when heavy metal as a genre…
Ruby the Hatchet – Ouroboros
I’ll be the first to tell you that I didn’t love Ruby the Hatchet’s Tee Pee Records debut. Sure they captured the sound of…
The Basement Paintings – Mystic
The majority of the time RIYL lines baffle me as I tend not to hear the influence of most bands listed. Sometimes I just…
La Chinga – Free Wheelin’
Super stoked for the sophomore slice from these Vancouver-based bashers, who put out their stellar self-titled debut back in 2013. These retro-rock revivalists are…
Black Cobra – Imperium Simulacra
Another sludge band coming out of the woodwork after a considerable recording hiatus; Imperium Simulacra marks Black Cobra’s first release since 2011’s Invernal. That…
Rhine – An Outsider
Rhine is one of metal’s best kept secrets… but not for much longer. Rhine play progressive heavy metal in the best sense of the…
Circle Jerks – Group Sex
At this point, six years after the band that Keith Morris, Steven McDonald, Dimitri Coats and Mario Rubalcaba started took off (ahem – no…