One of the most anticipated releases of 2013, Palms featuring members of deftones and Isis, has released (unofficially) the first bit of music from their upcoming album due in June.
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Metal Monday Volume 109 (2.11.13)
The next evolution in Rude Awakening-era Prong mixed with Killing Joke, King Loses Crown take industrial noise to the next level with their EP, You Can’t Escape which sees the San Francisco based band easily picking up where late ’90’s evil disco bands like Static X and Rob Zombie left off but in a much more intelligent and aggressive way (Think Prong’s “Whose Fist Is It Anyway?” rather than “Dragula”). “Fall Apart” is just epic yet still falls in comparison […]
Metal Monday Volume 108 (2.4.13)
Make no mistake, Jesse Leach is back. “In Due Time”, the first single off of one of the most anticipated metal releases of 2013, sees Killswitch Engage re-engage with their original singer without skipping a beat. It’s fast and it’s heavy and it’s everything you’d expect and more from the reinvigorated KSE line-up. Leach sounds brilliant and the positivity that he brings back to the lyrics after the oh so dark self-titled record is refreshing. Elsewhere, Adam D and Joel […]
Fall Out Boy, “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)”: The Viewfinder Review
Um, so I really like this. If you didn’t know it already, Fall Out Boy are back! They have a new album due in May, a full blown tour ready to roll, and a whole new sound. I’ve been a casual fan since F.U.C.T. exploded all over the place but my attention span usually never went past the stage of getting their albums. I will say that I’ve always respected how FOB’s sound continued to evolve regardless of how their […]
Metal Monday Volume 107 (1.28.13)
It’s been nearly three years since the aggro industrial metallers Combichrist released the superb Making Monsters and to pay fans back for the wait, they’ve released not one, but two, albums. No Redemption serves not only as a companion piece/soundtrack for the Devil May Cry video game but also as a 2-CD set featuring one disc of completely new material written for DMC and a second disc of previously released Combichrist tracks which could easily be a “best of” for […]
Tomahawk, Oddfellows: The Spin Cycle Review
Tomahawk is back with their fourth full-length, “Oddfellows.” Come check out our review!
Ulterior, The Bleach Room: The Spin Cycle Review
Make no mistake, no band is making the kind of music that Ulterior make in this day and age. Dark,goth-y and reeking of the smell of dry ice, fog machines and clubs that have very strict dress codes on Friday nights, The Bleach Room is like the opening salvo of The Hunger on acid. Think ‘8o’s era Ministry or Skinny Puppy fronted by the bastard child of Peter Murphy and John Lydon with the full use of today’s technologies put through […]
Metal Monday Volume 106 (1.21.13)
With an onslaught of great MA bands set to release new material this year (Killswitch Engage, Summoner, Jack Burton vs. David LoPan), it helps to be the first out of the gates and that’s just what Gozu has done with their latest, The Fury Of A Patient Man. Take a mixture of Kyuss, The Desert Sessions discs, Hermano, and mix it with some good old fashioned rawk and roll and you’ll know what Gozu’s The Fury Of A Patient Man […]
Trevor Dunn: The Popblerd Interview!
Trevor Dunn is a bassist extraordinaire. Whether he’s playing with John Zorn, Secret Chiefs 3 or collaborating with Mike Patton on any number of projects, one thing’s for sure, Trevor Dunn is one busy man. Speaking of Patton, though, one such project is the upcoming fourth full-length from Tomahawk entitled Oddfellows which finds Dunn taking over bass duties from the departing Kevin Rutmanis. Recently, Dunn chatted via phone about being in Tomahawk, the upcoming album and tour and more: […]
Newsted, Metal: The Spin Cycle Review
Jason Newsted is back. After years experimenting, Newsted is revisiting thrash metal in a glorious fashion. If you felt like Death Magnetic almost got it right, you’ll find that Metal is the final piece to complete that puzzle. It’s actually like a continuation of …And Justice For All and while Newsted might not have those Hetfieldian pipes, he sure makes up for it in true grit. “Soldierhead” kicks things off with a Motorhead inspired thrashfest and continues into the thunderous […]
The Good Natured, “5-HT”: The Viewfinder Review
Probably the biggest letdown for me in 2012 was the fact that The Good Natured’s full length didn’t see the light of day. The incredible Skeleton EP, released in 2011, is still in regular rotation on my Ipod and I couldn’t wait to hear where they went. There was a glimmer of hope earlier in 2012 as “Video Voyeur” was released and some updates saying the album was coming and then…nothing. Cut to today and the release of “5-HT” and […]
Kenna, “Gloria”: The Singles Bar Review
Kenna has this place in my heart where he can do no wrong. Everything he does is, quite simply, beautiful. The only downside of Kenna is that he isn’t more well known than he obviously should be and that his lapses between releases leaves fans wanting, no needing, more. But when it comes to Kenna releasing new music you just need to remember: Absence makes the heart grow fonder! If you treat each new Kenna release like a celebration then […]