Label: self-released Released: 1991 Baltimore metal fans are probably familiar with Meatjack, but perhaps fewer know of the Daniloski brothers’ first band, Stranger Than Fiction. Their Motherfungus demo was released in 1991 (when the brothers were in their early 20s). These were the days just before a band could make a professional sounding demo cheaply, so the thin production dates… Read more »
Deloused in the Comatorium is one of the most incredible debuts I’ve ever heard. The vinyl is almost as stunning. Yeah, it’s silver. It didn’t photograph all that well, but you can see it better in the close-up. I also like how they left the labels blank.
Label: Spoonful Records Released: 2007 The Griefs channel the Who’s manic drums, big power chords and brutal loudness in a catchy package. Sometimes there’s fuzz and other times there’s jangle, but from start to finish, this is an album of loud melodies and rock n roll bombast that many have copied, but few have done this successfully. Throwing a Tempo… Read more »
Check this out. Dr Pepper will give everyone in America (except Slash and Buckethead) a can of their soda if Guns N Roses (aka the Axl Rose band) releases Chinese Democracy. It’s a good move on Dr Pepper’s part, because it gets them a lot of publicity and is unlikely to cost them a cent. I’d rather they keep their… Read more »
Little Caesar-s/t (1990) versus Lord Tracy-Deaf Gods of Babylon (1989) Metal Mark invited me to participate in this feature over at Heavy Metal Time Machine. It was a chore to listen, but fun to write. Check it out.
*** Official Press Release ***Ex Tigertailz Hero joins Gypsy Pistoleros !!! U.S born, Ace Finchum ( Ex Tigertailz legend of a drummer ) has joined the Gypsy Pistoleros !!!!!The Pistoleros have just signed to Blastzone Entertainment who will handle all things Gypsy Pistoleros in the US. Releasing “Para Siempre” the new CD (Out now in Europe & Scandinavia through Bad… Read more »
Just released, the video was directed by Autumn de Wilde and is comprised ofover 2500 different photographs.
Label: This Generation Tapes Released: March 4, 2008 There are two approaches to marrying rock and classical. The first takes the worst of both and dummies them down for the least common denominator. Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Metallica’s S&M have more in common with those old Hooked on Classics albums from the early 80s than they do with either classical or… Read more »
Label: Roadrunner Records Released: March 25, 2008 De Novo Dahl find themselves in the difficult position of following up their amazing Shout EP with a full-length release. Even if they were able to reproduce the exuberance of “Shout” (the best musical expression of joy since U2’s “Beautiful Day”) over the course of the entire album, I think it may well… Read more »
Label: Freestyle Records Released: March 24, 2008 The cover of Touch My Soul is a take-off on Small Faces’ Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake. The song features Steve Marriott’s voice right out of “Afterglow (of Your Love).” But if you’re expecting Lack of Afro (aka Adam Gibbons) to be much like Small Faces, you’ve got another thing coming. Sure, “Afterglow” was… Read more »