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La Chinga Channel The Greats, Celebrate The Riff On Latest Album Free Wheelin’

With a mix of that Southern-fried Black Crowes twang and Led Zeppelin’s classic bravado, Free Wheelin‘ by Vancouver’s La Chinga is destined to live long and prosper in the hallowed halls of rawk.

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American Head Charge Is Back With Unrelenting Fourth Album Tango Umbrella

There’s a reason American Head Charge is one of the few bands to survive the nu-metal era and if their latest album is any indication, this Minnesota based sextet still has the goods to maintain that they’ll be around for the inevitable second coming of that genre and beyond.

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The KVB Deliver Lush Soundscapes And Fuzz-Soaked Brilliance On Of Desire

I remember years ago reading about The KVB in one of the annual “100 Bands You To Know In…” issues from Alternative Press. It was always fun for me to sift through the drivel in those issues and find the diamonds in the rough. The KVB were the diamond in [...]

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Untitled Metal Column: Volume 14 (Rotting Christ, Rituals)

Rotting Christ, where have you been all my life??? Apparently in Greece concocting the most glorious black metal and crafting album after album of awesomeness, that’s where.

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Untitled Metal Column: Volume 13 (Destroyer 666, Wildfire)

Hearkening back to the days when Tom Araya sounded like a veritable madman on every recording paired with the more vicious Testament albums of the late ’90’s (Think The Gathering in particular), Destroyer 666 manage to create a modern thrash classic on Wildfire without rehashing or sounding dated.

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Karma To Burn Aim For The Sky With Latest EP EP Mountain Czar

Karma To Burn is almost an institution in the desert rock scene at this point. Since their debut in 1997 (The only album to feature a vocalist throughout, however, K2B completists should check this out for the fully realized version) Karma To Burn has been rockin’ and/or rollin’ with a [...]

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