Killswitch Engage: The End of Heartache

New Killswitch Engage: The End of Heartache. It’s not as good as Alive or Just Breathing, but it’s fuckin’ good.
Hard and choppy, but not in the stark staccato fashion of the latest Fear Factory… most of the time. Abrupt tempo changes, but not without warning; they telegraph the changes fairly well. You can definitely hear [...]

Soilwork: Figure Number Five

Back in February, I mentioned Soilwork: “I will be buying Figure Number Five. That’s a whole lotta’ thrash.” So I bought it.
This CD marks the resurrection of the unnecessary-but-schweet guitar solo. As Dan warned, the guitar work is quite technical featuring a lot of complex riffs and the dual-guitar harmony lockstep breaks that Doug seems [...]