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3 Paragraph Reviews: BAT! Bat Music for Bat People

I don’t do Rockabilly or, more accurately here, Psychobilly. Actually, scratch that. I tend to gravitate towards sounds that move me in some sort of way regardless of genre. That said, and to clarify, I do not have an abundance of Rocka/Psychobilly in my current physical or digital collection of [...]

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Enthroned Craft A Densely Bleak Metal Universe Within Cold Black Suns

This page is quickly becoming an “Oops! I did it again” of metal bands I never followed when they initially made their mark, innit? For the record, I listen to a lot, okay? Just not everything. And apparently not enough Enthroned who has crafted this dense opus of vicious beauty [...]

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Suspects Create A Rawkin’ Road To Recovery On Debut EP

Cool Thing Records is quickly entering the upper stratosphere when it comes to go-to labels for the good stuff. And their latest release is no exception. Suspects hail from the UK and their debut EP is a powerhouse collection of incendiary songs with poignant, biting lyrics.

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Pelican Return With Nighttime Stories, Sell Out Great Scott (Album Review)

Two years ago I had this epic night of music, fresh from a trip to Chicago and my first ever Cold Waves experience the previous week I doubled down on my Industrial live experience and caught KMFDM and Ohgr once again but bailed early to walk down the street to [...]

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Combichrist Fire Back At Haters With Viciously Solid One Fire

Fans of all iterations of aggro tech metallers Combichrist will surely find something to appease their blackened hearts within One Fire‘s diverse walls. And if you can’t then frankly, this isn’t the band for you anymore.

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Cubanate Enter The 21st Century With Ease On Biting Kolossus

Marc Heal and Phil Barry have not missed a beat. In their first collaborative release as Cubabnate in about twenty years, the duo propel Cubanate into the 21st Century in the most fitting way as elder statesmen of a genre showing the kids how it’s done.

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