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Draw Into Disorder Channel The Spirit Of Early Nirvana, Crank It To 11 On Nappy

Listening through Nappy, the latest EP from Japan’s Draw Into Disorder, is like being transported back to the state most associated with perpetual rain and flannel in the ’90’s. Call these six tracks and homage or an ode but at the core of Nappy is a group of tunes made [...]

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Zilched Elevate Alternative And Grunge On Dreamy DOOMPOP

If ever there was an album title that more accurately described the overall sound of a record, it’s “DOOMPOP”. Downtrodden yet delightful, the latest slab of sonic soliloquies from Detroit’s Zilched is a driving collection of unforgettable Rawk that elegantly eschews norms to forge a new genre built from Alternative, [...]

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Cortez Deliver Epic Anthems On Commanding Rawk Opus Sell The Future

Cortez’s latest is a ripper from start to finish and you should’ve already pre-ordered your copy. That’s it. That’s the review. If it only it were that simple, right? But I digress.

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Black Sugar Transmission Close Out Thrilling Trilogy With Killer Coda Dream Finisher

Andee Blacksugar’s Return Of The King, his Godfather Part III…his Dark Knight Rises even! If you’re picking up what I’m throwing down then you get that we’re at the final part of a trilogy and like many a third in a cinematic tale, what fans are getting is something really [...]

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AshenMoon Deliver Electric Performances, Unforgettable Tunes On Umbra I

Hot on the heels of three fantastic singles, AshenMoon readies their first proper collection of songs with Umbra I which further highlights the Pop meets New Wave Rawk of this breakout quartet.

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Armored Saint Celebrate Four Decades, Still Absolutely Crush On Punching The Sky

Confession time: John Bush was my gateway drug into the world of Anthrax. My musical awakening hit around the mid-’90’s where the Big Four was at a crossroads and, in the case of NYC’s resident Thrash titans, going through a major personnel overhaul as well as a musical one. As [...]

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