The new album from Converge is so good that it would be wise for any other metal band planning to release new material in 2012 to hold off until next year. All We Love We Leave Behind, Converge’s eighth full length, is the kind of album that not only renews my faith in metal but also makes me damn proud that the music scene I grew up around is still making relevant, exciting music. Visceral is the only word that […]
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Metal Monday Volume 90 (10.1.12)
Dark cabaret has a new master and the name is Stolen Babies whose latest album Naught is the focus of this week’s Metal Monday!
Metal Monday Volume 89 (9.24.12)
It’s refreshing to hear bands like Battlecross and now Legacy Of Disorder putting out metal albums with absolutely no gimmicks. They’re the kinds of albums that are pure thrash and all about the metal. On their latest, Last Man Standing, New Zealand’s Legacy Of Disorder come off as the second coming of Metallica with a slightly harder edge. Air sirens open up “Thorns” and warns the metal community that LOD mean business as vocalist James Robinson does a Hetfield-esque growl […]
Metal Monday Volume 88 (9.17.12)
Devin Townsend definitely got the name right when brainstorming for his latest because “epic” and “loud” are definitely the best words to describe Epicloud. Yes, the hardest working man in metal and hard rock is back following the 4-album concept album released between 2010 and 2011, the collected edition box set Contain Us, and the just released By A Thread live box set that saw Townsend perform each of the four albums over four nights in London late last year. […]
Metal Monday Volume 87 (9.10.12)
Two great tastes that taste great together. Obviously I’m talking about the UK’s earthtone9 covering Entombed’s “Wolverine Blues”. For those of you not already aware, the mighty earthtone9 have returned and are set to record the appropriately titled IV (It’s their fourth album!) full-length album next month. In the interim, they’ve decided to release a cover of the legendary Swedish metallers Entombed’s crossover hit “Wolverine Blues” While not indicative of the e9 sound, “Wolverine Blues” is still a hefty slab of […]
Metal Monday Volume 86 (9.3.12)
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 (Read our review here ) may go for the skies in terms of grand ideas, but Monuments goes for the throat from start to finish. While they add atmosphere to everything they do, in essence there is no filler and no letting up. […]
Metal Monday Volume 85 (8.27.12)
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 and djent-like, Stealing Axion’s Moments is for you. The heavy parts are heavier than Meshuggah on their best day but the thing that sets Stealing Axion apart from their peers is the stand out clean vocals that act as a […]
Metal Monday Volume 84 (8.20.12)
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 of industrial and thrash. One of the things that really sets SD apart from the crowd is vocalist Michael whose range is at times Draiman-esque and borders on operatic (Their cover of The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” especially) while at […]
Metal Monday Volume 83 (8.13.12)
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 to keep fans coming back for more, Peacemaker is the ultimate THC album and one that’s sure to be a milestone in their musical legacy. At times channeling Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top while others they […]
Metal Monday Volume 82 (8.6.12)
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!
Popblerd’s New Release Report 7/31/12: Who’s The Bawse?
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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.
Metal Monday Volume 81 (7.30.12)
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 albums, Dark Roots Of Earth is the logical successor to The Ritual if Alex Skolnick had never left. Speaking of the guitar god, unlike The Formation of Damnation, Skolnick is on board from the beginning along with drummer Gene Hoglan (Strapping […]