Meshuggah better watch their collective backs because a whole new breed of technical metal is out to get them. The latest djent worshipers to spring up is the UK’s Monuments with their Century Media debut, Gnosis. Labelmates Stealing Axion (R…
It’s always a cause for celebration when Converge announce a new album and even more so with the year the Boston old school heavy scene is having (Guitarist Nate Newton’s Old Man Gloom returning, Caleb Scofield’s Zozobra due soon,…
We’ve been talking a lot about UK’s The Fades throughout 2012 and the payoff is finally here as their first proper album, Ragnarok, is finally released. Soon. It’s not out yet. But we’ve heard it, and it’s killer. Sound…
With Meshuggah coming up short on their latest outing, a new breed has come to capture the throne. Two of those bands, Stealing Axion and Monuments (More on them later), happen to be labelmates residing on Century Media. If you like your metal long…
Alain Johannes deserves to be in the spotlight after stints in the background with QOTSA, Them Crooked Vultures, and Chris Cornell. His latest single, “Not Of This Earth” is likely to put him there permanently.
After listening to The Dark Tower-inspired Vexations by Chapel Hill, North Carolina’s I Was Totally Destroying It , I really wished I had read the Stephen King novels so I could enjoy this album even more than I already do. Don’t worry, …
A decade or so ago, Joss Stone was a novelty of sorts. A young British woman with a deep knowledge of classic soul, she debuted with an album of somewhat obscure ’60s and ’70s R&B covers, recorded with the assistance and blessing of…
Interpol’s Paul Banks has shed his Julian Plenti moniker and goes it alone on “The Base”, the first single from his forthcoming second solo album (Banks, due on October 23rd through Matador). “The Base” is a beautiful m…
If there is such a thing as 21st Century Nu-Metal then Sunflower Dead would have the market cornered. Definitely not a retread of the notorious genre by any means, Sunflower Dead take the best elements from nu-metal and add more groove and touches o…
I doubt there will be a more earnest and real metal album in 2012 than the one Texas Hippie Coalition is about to release. Peacemaker is the beasts name and rocking hard is its’ game. Consisting of memorable hooks, hard riffs and enough heart …
The best way to go into a Black Light Burns album is to forget all preconceived notions you may have about frontman/guitarist/mastermind Wes Borland. Don’t think of this as Limp Bizkit Mach Two. It’s not even Bigdumbface 2.0. Black Ligh…
Between writing books and just being awesome, Bob Mould found some time to sit down and write some new songs with the result being the upcoming Silver Age album due in September. “The Descent” is the first taste!
The 43rd edition of the “Now That’s What I Call Music” series, featuring the smash hit “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen, is today’s key new release.
In This Moment’s fourth outing, Blood, is the one that’s finally going to set these L.A. metallers apart from the pack–check out our thoughts on their latest album!
After a five-year hiatus, The Wallflowers are back with a new single, “Reboot The Mission.” Will the folks that loved “One Headlight” come back all these years later?
Rick Ross is this week’s heavy hitter, but there are also future hit albums out today from country band Gloriana and the late Whitney Houston, in the form of the “Sparkle” soundtrack.
Testament’s long awaited tenth studio album, Dark Roots Of Earth, is a throwback yet a step forward. It’s not as in-your-face as The Formation of Damnation or The Gathering but just as potent. In the natural progression of Testament al…
