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Album Reviews: Abbath - "Abbath" (8/10)
Black metal fans saw their collective sorrow hit new depths last year when Abbath, co- founder of Immortal, left the legendary Nor wegian band amid a copyright dispute. As it turns out, ... -
Album Review: Baroness - "Purple" (10/10)
In August 2012, Baroness were in a bus crash that seriously injured frontman John Baizley and led to the departure of their drummer and bassist. As one would expect, fallout ... -
Album Review: Holy Grail - "Times of Pride and Peril" (9/10)
Falsetto-vocal bands are returning to metal in full force, but nine times out of 10, their sound amounts to a heaping pile of Velveeta. That leaves plenty of room for ... -
Album Review: Sunn 0))) - "Kannon" (9/10)
Three songs. Thirty-three minutes. A $333 bet that Kannon will be regarded as the best drone album of 2015. Greg Anderson has said in interviews that he’s trying to make ... -
Signing Story: Flight
Norway’s Flight don’t believe in letting it all hang out—even if their denim jackets and feathered hair suggest otherwise. And the band’s decision to selectively pass around its demo ... -
Album Review: Intronaut - "The Direction of Last Things" (9/10)
Intronaut is one of the least pretentious bands in progressive metal—but their fifth album is far from innocuous. Rather, it’s undeniably one of the genre’s standout releases of the year, catapulting with the poppy opening ... -
Panic! At the Disco: Brendon Urie's Bachelor Party
It is as much of a miracle as it is a mystery that Panic! at the Disco [P!ATD] are still around. What started as a pet project by Las Vegas ... -
Album Review: Carved Up - "Matador" (9/10)
When it takes a band 5.5 years to release its debut, expectations can be ... well, sorta high. This skronky Philadelphia trio whetted appetites with four short-players––including the marvelously named ... -
Album Review: Ghost - "Meliora" (10/10)
“There’s no return from this excursion of possibilities.” So sings Ghost singer Papa Emeritus III on “Spirit,” the opening track to the hard-rock band’s flawless third album, Meloria. In the ... -
Live Review: Lucy & La Mer at LA Vegan Beer and Food Festival
Material: Lovable Lucy LaForge leads a merry pack of throwback musicians whose relationship with folk is more than a dalliance—it’s a full-on love affair. The effervescent group plays with ease and ...
