SLAYER RELEASE NEW TRACK...

...and it blows. Repetitive. Check. Structureless. Check. Bland. Check. It appears that Slayer, the one band of the Big 4 that people thought still "had it" after Megadeth went Radio Rock,...

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ENTHEOS SHOW THEMSELVES AS WORTHY SUCCESSORS TO ANIMOSITY'S THRONE

Reviewing a release like Entheos' Primal EP is a difficult thing, ever since Evan Brewer announced his departure from the infamous Tech Death group The Faceless I was half begging for the bassist...

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WHY COMPLAINING ABOUT THE LACK OF ROCK AND METAL AT THE GRAMMYS IS DUMB

The Grammy’s rolled around last night, and by rolled I mean it really did roll around like the bloated, self-satisfied wank party that it is. People have been complaining about this for years, it’s...

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"ART FOR ART'S SAKE"; A LOOK AT METAL'S IGNORED ARTISTS: PART ONE

One thing that arguably sets your average Metal album part from say a Pop album, or even the majority of Rock albums, is album art. Back when I actually still had a local record store I used to...

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THE WORST ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS JUMPERS EVER

We can all agree that Christmas is a time of great joy. It's a time of giving and love and snow and presents and food and well... a lot of great stuff. However there is a plight upon this, the most...

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