There is a weird hollow version of prog rock that many categorized in the late 90′s and early 2000′s in the burgeoning nu metal sub-genre, known as “math metal,” that was essentially the layman’s mainstream, acceptable form of alternative riff concepts. By traditional prog standards, these types of acts were not truly prog rock, but [...]
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It seems like in 2011, Motley Crue has been relegated to the old man sleaze rock fest known as Crue Fest, drug and alcohol induced reflections on the 80′s sexcapades, law suits and money grabs ala KISS. Sometimes I can’t tell if the modern day incarnation of the Crue is more of a joke [...]
To develop a polished, mainstream sound, while sounding authentic, is a difficult task for a musician to create, and sometimes for fans of the underground to genuinely appreciate. Los Angeles, California’s Einvera, with their take on technical death metal, has done the unusual by formulating their debut record, In Your Image, to represent metallic pop [...]
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When analyzing subtleties in the nature-themed black metal powerhouse from Washington, Wolves in the Throne Room for reviewing, you cannot give any album from these guys a cursory once over and expect all that needs to be absorbed to come to fruition. With every WITTR album, including the latest, Celestial Lineage from Southern Lord Records, [...]
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Starting out with a great acoustic prelude, Thorns, my first introduction to the Akron sludgsters started off on a high note, especially with the feedback laden transition to track one, “Brown.” Unfortunately, this introduction to Thorns is pretty much the high note for the entire album, which is track after track of mediocre sludge. Realistically, [...]
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So the world has been graced with yet another Dave Mustaine album….err…I mean a Megadeth album. Let me preface this review by stating that I was very happy when Dave elected to continue on with Megadeth after his hand healed, and the output he has produced since 2004′s The System Has Failed, have been quality [...]
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When I launched AMR in 2007, I had no idea it would become something that people who actually be interested in reading en masse. I figured a few stragglers across the Internet might be loured in by my inane ramblings. I never thought it would acquire head wind in any respect. But when it finally [...]
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Hey everyone, as you’ve no doubt noticed, I haven’t updated the blog myself in quite some time, and this can be attributed to two simple things…burn out, and ear trouble. I have been dealing with over-sensitive ears for months now, and I am finally going to get it checked out so I can actually enjoy [...]
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There’s not really all that much to say; The Faceless is (are?) hard at work in the studio and the small snippets sound great, especially that riff towards the end of the video. I’m hoping more video updates are done, especially with the new vocalist. I know “The Eidolon Reality” had a clean chorus, and [...]
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Taking on the name Death Valley Driver takes balls. I don’t know if these Canadian sludgesters chose their namesake inspired by WWE wrestler The Undertaker’s finisher, but that’s the first thing I thought of, and unlikely any other 20-30 something who grew up in the 90′s during pro wrestling’s prime. At any rate, these guys [...]
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Yet, I can’t seem to find what’s so monumental about it? Why is this album getting loads of fantastic press? I don’t get it.
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Most technical All Shall Perish yet? Yessir. And now it no longer sounds anything like All Shall Perish. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6ak8UQ4MrY
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I love how people in one breath can criticize Dream Theater for being too full of themselves, but those same exact people will literally break into a sweat in anticipation of Unexpect and their latest album Fables of the Sleepless Empire. Am I the only one who sees the blatant hypocrisy in the modern metal [...]
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I have to say, when I first saw the news that Opeth released their first track from Heritage, I was a bit worried. I was worried that I wouldn’t like it at all (like the new Mastodon), and that I would come across as some sort of elitist douche bag that just dislikes all new [...]
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You read that title correctly. By now, anyone with even a passing interesting in metal news knows Mastodon recently put out the first single from their upcoming fifth album, The Hunter. The song, entitled “Black Tongue,” is linked below if you somehow have avoided this piece of news all day. Let me be frank: I [...]
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American black metallers Wolves in the Throne Room have released the artwork for their upcoming album Celestial Lineage. Quite beautiful. WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM Confirmed North American Live Actions: 8/28/2011 Olympia, WA [check wittr.com for location] 8/31/2011 The Medusa – Minneapolis, MN 9/01/2011 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL 9/02/2011 Rudyard Kippling – Louisville, [...]
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So how do you advance yourself when your career consists of a groundswell of crazy, off the wall, disjointed stoner hardcore? It’s simple really. You make more crazy, off the wall hardcore stoneriffic riffage with better production and better writing. Montreal’s Trigger Effect and their debut Dare to Ride the Heliocraft was a trip that [...]
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In a world of increasingly original instrumental works, now especially with the inclusion of more mainstream metal artists and fans becoming more accepting of the phenomenon, it’s nice to run across people who carry out their musical theory without the need of persuading the general public to accept what you’re doing with the inclusion of [...]
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