Rock Returns to 930 Club

For the longest time, the 930 Club in D.C. has been overrun by trendy indie assholes and emo whinyfucks… with not a metal show to be heard in months. Hopefully, that trend is reversing itself.
Tonight, Nov. 29, 2005 – As I Lay Dying with Norma Jean, Madball, and A Life Once Lost.
Monday, Dec. 26, 2005 [...]

Nonpoint: To the Pain

Band website: http://nonpoint.com/
Super-half-assed review for your reading pleasure.
This is one of those albums I picked up offa’ iTMS simply because I saw it was on the list of new releases, and had seen mention of it on some random metal website (I can’t remember which one, probably MetalInjection.net).
Overall, this is a pretty good metal release [...]

Rammstein: Rosenrot

Thanks to an anonymous benefactor, I have a copy of Rosenrot, and you don’t. And if the rumors are correct, you won’t get one, either.
The very short and sweet of it all is, it sounds a lot like a german version of ‘Powerman 5000′. There’s a lot of attempts at melody, or maybe they’re just [...]

Propagandhi: Potemkin City Limits

Be warned that I’m a Propagandhi fanboy and they are easily my favorite political band evar.
Great record from one of the best political/protest bands today. More complex arrangements – they sound like a real band now, with real production.
The Washington Post was prattling on the other day about ‘System of a Down’ and how political [...]

Hoodwinked by Gulls

It’s a little bit funny (apologies to Elton John) how subversive the Jesus Freaks can be at times. Crossreference my previous reviews of Sinai Beach and Still Remains.
I don’t blame these Jesus Freaks for the tack they take. Metal has always been the opposition force, hasn’t it? Why not put out some kickass hardcore music [...]

Fear Factory: Transgression

So, I had this problem. I had “Big Bottoms” by Spinal Tap stuck in my head for like a week. I mean would not go away.
If you’ve ever sung that song around your ladyfriend, for example post-coitus, you can imagine how important it becomes to get this song out of your head, post-haste.
Being somewhat accident [...]

In Flames, Devildriver, Trivium

Yup, In Flames with Devildriver, Trivium and Zao. Three out of four ain’t bad (although I’ve never heard anything by Zao).
Touring in 2006; no dates or venues available for now. For details, check the In Flames website.

Children of Bodom: Are You Dead Yet?

Band website: http://www.childrenofbodom.com/ or http://www.cobhc.com/ … I’m not superfanboi to know the difference. Preemptive fuck you to those tempted to rectify.
To everyone who ever said, “It’s not real metal because it has keyboards”: You’re an idiot.* Now that’s out of the way…
There is an overabundance of wheedlie-wheedlie-whee solos from the guitars and synth. Wanking at [...]

About Our Music Reviews

If you visit The Fury with any regularity (not fucking likely), then you’ll note that there’s a considerable time gap between the release of a new album and its posted review. We don’t review every new metal or punk release on this site… other people have the free time, and get paid to do that [...]

Roadrunner United: The All-Star Sessions

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Eighteen tracks of metal… one way or another. It’s a fucking awesome concept: Get a throng of ultra-talented metal fucks, mix ‘em up, and get ‘em to record new shit that covers (almost) the entire range of music from Roadrunner’s 25 years of music. I just wish it worked a little better than on [...]