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Album Review: Negative 13 – Recover What You Can

‘The Desolate’ does the rare thing that intros actually do, which is set the listener up for what’s in store. In this case, a plodding rumble/riff join forces to tumble us headlong into the SIXTY WATT SHAMAN-ic swinging groove of ‘Casket Trail’ {Scott] Fisher retains the hardcore-tinged snarl that’s suited him well as far back as the NEGATIVE THEORY days, and the band has more than a bit of My War-era BLACK FLAG in its sense of the disjointed when it comes to putting a song together, then nearly wrecking the whole thing so as to make it seem it’s […]

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HASHTRONAUT: full East Coast tour announced

Denver, Colorado’s stoner doom specialists HASHTRONAUT are set to spread their skull-crushing, weed-laden gospel with an extensive East Coast tour this spring. Their debut album, No Return, is available now on Blues Funeral Recordings. Red-eyed at the crossroads of thunderous stoner sludge and towering doom, HASHTRONAUT daze and inebriate the riff-obsessed masses on this planet and beyond. Released in 2024 on Blues Funeral Recordings, No Return is a resiny slab in the grand tradition of weed-fiend odysseys from Sleep to Bongzilla, an intoxicating and pummeling trip with a lungful of potent hook-doom and strikingly anthemic vocals that will enthrall fans […]

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Album Review: Slow Burn Drifters – Golden

Any PR one-sheet that compares its subject to TINDERSTICKS immediately has my interest, so let’s just get that out of the way. Formed as the wave of what passed for “alternative rock” was reaching its crest in 1991, the Brits were an anomaly in the same way (though not in the same style) as THE AFGHAN WHIGS, more akin at times to explorations of soul music or late ‘60s R&B than the “loud-for-loud’s-sake” bands of the time. But this isn’t a TINDERSTICKS review, so let’s throw that line of thought on the fire…for now. Though 12 albums deep into his […]

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EARL OF HELL: new single ‘Calling Is The Crow’ available + Upcoming album release + Tour dates

Edinburgh, Scotland’s heavy rock ‘n’ roll five-piece EARL OF HELL share their new single and video for ‘Calling Is The Crow’, taken from their self-titled debut album to be issued on April 25th through Copper Feast Records. The band recently announced spring UK shows with Alain Johannes and Masters Of Reality. Watch EARL OF HELL’s new video ‘Calling Is The Crow’ Listen to the single on all streaming services EARL OF HELL’s self-titled debut album bestows a juggernaut of raucous dive-bar rock ‘n’ roll delivered with a relentless, raw punk energy. Recorded at Deep Storm Productions and mixed and mastered […]

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Album Review: Sanhedrin – Heat Lightning

After three absolute bangers in the hard rock / trad-metal field (you want some elitism? Any diehard MANILLA ROAD fan will give the most panda-painted supporter of [Insert Black Metal Band Name Here] a run for their money when it comes to what is or is not Metal, SANHEDRIN returns with Heat Lightning. Salivating with anticipation, ‘Blind Wolf’ begins, soon thrusting into a choppy, syncopated machine, Erica’s [Stoltz, vocals/bass] as clear yet fierce as ever. Her tone may not be as road-raggedly “queen of the mountaintop” as Doro Pesch, nor as operatically weak-livered as the corseted “symphonic” dame of the […]

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AHAMKARA Announce Release of The Harrow Of The Lost – New Song Now Streaming

Following ten years of silence after the release of their debut album The Embers Of The Stars and the untimely death of vocalist Steven, UK-based atmospheric black metal trio AHAMKARA returns with a new lineup and new album The Harrow Of The Lost, an unflinching exploration of the transformative nature of grief. The band has shared a stream for the album track ‘Our Scars Shall Abide In The Thaw’ The exclusive premiere for the song comes via Decibel Magazine. Listen to ‘Our Scars Shall Abide In The Thaw’ The Harrow Of The Lost is due out April 25 on Bindrune […]

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Album Review: Karla Kvlt – Thunderhunter

This German power trio keeps it in the family on their debut record. Markus E. Lipka of the cult band EISENVATER is the Dad of group, holding down guitar duties, while his son Johann Wientjes pounds away on the skins and daughter-in-law Teresa Curtens handles bass and lead vocals. That must certainly make for some unique dynamics in the studio. KARLA KVLT’s sound is also unique and takes some time to appreciate. I really know little of EISENVATER so I can’t say how much KK sounds like that band. If I had to describe KARLA KVLT briefly, I’d say it’s […]

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HERAKLEION: New Orleans Death Thrash Trio To Join Exhorder For Eastern US Tour Next Month; Necroverse EP Out Now!

Fast rising New Orleans, Louisiana-based death thrash trio HERAKLEION will join legendary state mates, Exhorder, for a three-week March tour. The journey will commence on March 11th in Indianapolis, Indiana and run through March 30th in Nashville, Tennessee. Additional support will be provided by Void, Freya, Restless Spirit, and Flesh Parade on select dates. Comments drummer Speed Wilson, “HERAKLEION getting out to the East Coast is long overdue. Being tour support for Exhorder for our first time out that way, makes it even better. We’re very thankful for [Exhorder vocalist] Kyle [Thomas] and all those guys’ support and for making […]

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Album Review: Scour – Gold

In the wake of the FANTERA tribute arrival, Phil cranks up his sputtering engine once more. While VIKING CROWN, PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS, and pretty much the whole raft of rats on the ever-sinking ship that seems to be the U.S.S. Anselmo’s vocal range have blown chunks to varying degrees, the output from SCOUR so far has been solid enough and is one of the only projects involving P.A. – aside from DOWN and SUPERJOINT RITUAL – where it felt/feels more like a band than Ol’ Camoshorts himself preening before a mirror with a cast of blurred and […]

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SANHEDRIN Unleashes ‘Franklin County Line’ Single; Heat Lightning Full-Length To Drop March 14th On Metal Blade Records

‘Franklin County Line’ is the new single from New York heavy metal trio SANHEDRIN. The fiery new hymn comes by way of the band’s Heat Lightning full-length, set for release on March 14th via Metal Blade Records. SANHEDRIN has spent the last decade at the forefront of the American heavy metal scene blending traditional metal and hard rock sounds with a fresh modern energy and perspective. With 2022’s critically lauded Lights On full-length, the band had created their most complete work to date. With their follow-up, Heat Lightning, the band delivers a diverse collection of songs that wholly captures their […]

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