Soulfly‘s second release, Primitive, holds true to the typical Max Cavalera (4 strings, terrorist, berimbau, throat and soul) sound, anti-politics and “fuck all the wanna be’s.” In some ways, Soulfly’s CD should have been a Various Artist CD. We have Chino Moreno and Grady Avenell helping out on “Pain“, Corey Taylor helps out on “Jumpdafuckup“, …
It was Friday night in the Sunset Strip, well.. the tail end of the cool places on the strip, but it was time to sit around the camp fire and make s’mores with your fellow campers. Ok, so there weren’t any fires except for the heat lamps out in the patio and they make for …
Once upon a time, our fateful traveler took upon himself to make a pilgrimage to the famous Whisky A-Go-Go to see a group of traveling musicians. Upon entering the Whisky, to his surprise, the first group of musicians had already taken the stage. Looking at his timepiece, our hero had found out that the first …
Prosthetic Records Release Date: 9/26/00 Lace up your boots and put the horns in the air, its Lamb of God‘s Prosthetic Records debut of “New American Gospel.” This 10-track offering from the Virginia based band is nothing short of industrial strength mosh pit accelerant. If there are any doubts as to how much this band …
Turn of the Screw Demo 1. Stale 2. Commit me By the sound of Turn of the Screw, it sounds like this band has been together for a long time. Their songs have so much structure I was taken back when I first listened to the CD. It’s almost if the songs have a story …
From the depths of San Luis Obispo comes a band in the metalcore genre. I’ve been trying for a while to figure out who the band sounds like and I can’t seem to come up with anything other than themselves. How often can you say that about a band? It’s quite rare these days. Snubnose …
From the first track off True to Form’s “Special Edition” CD, you know you’re in for a good ass whoop’n. True to Form is sticking with the local heritage and using their Bay Area roots to create a their own style of thrash. With the first track, “Push Away“, True to Form provides your ears …
Once again my brothers and sisters, I returned to the halls of the Roxy to take witness in the glory of the night that was to be, a night that the Lord hath given to us. *smack* Whoa, I don’t know where that one came from. Yes, it was another night at the Roxy, not …
Twas the night before April, when all through Hollywood Not a creature was moshing, not even a drunk; The tickets were bought through Ticketmaster with a surcharge, In hopes that music would soon be heard. The concert goers were waiting in the Whisky, while visions of a killer metal show danced in their heads; and …
Remember how Metallica’s ‘Ride the Lightning‘ started off with that cool acoustic piece? Well..Wiredshut, Shawn Bier (Throat), Glen Telford (Guitar), White Mike (Keyboards/Samples), Steve Moore (Drums), Scott Kiyoshi Matsuda (Bass), takes it a step further with ‘Militant Government’, the first track on the four-song demo. It’s a lot longer than Metallica, sounds a lot better, …