And in Ill Niño News…

You didn’t know there was “Ill Niño news”, did you? Well, neither did I until I visited SMN. Preemptively, I’ve been an Ill Niño fanboi for years, even though I panned their last full-length.
Apparently, the band is no longer with Roadrunner. Not a huge surprise there; Roadrunner only sucks… cocks that bring bucks (read: Nickelback, [...]

Retroactive Props

At the end of 2005, the four of us hooked up the “Best of the Year” bullshit, just like an all-growns-up and all-growns-up and all-growns-up music website. Doug, Gregg, Paul, and me.
We didn’t do that shit back in 2004. It’s cool, though, because I didn’t own this album back in 2004. It was an “awwsyeah, [...]

Gwar: Beyond Hell

Meh.

Recher Feed Fixed (again)

The news feed for the Recher Theater’s upcoming shows died (again) recently, but it’s fixed now.
The reason for this latest glitch? The web guys over there changed their online calendar from “upcomingshows.cfm” to “upcomingshows.php” in the URL. So, the script was hitting the wrong URL, and getting nothing.
Oh, well… all four Feeds of Fury should [...]

Goatwhore: A Haunting Curse

I don’t know what it’s called any more. I’m thirty-three years old, and my finger slipped way off the pulse of the “underground” a number of years ago. I don’t remember the exact date because of all the beers. You can call it black metal or death metal or whatever the hell you want.
It may [...]

Lamb of God: Sacrament

At first blush, I was apt to disagree with Doug’s review of “Sacrament” (he gave it a five). I mean, it is Lamb of God, after all. I was ready to give it a six or a seven after the first few listens.
But, as it’s been in Heavy Rotation for the past couple of weeks… [...]

Unearth: III: In the Eyes of Fire

Brutal. Relentless. Punishment.
Definitely better than their last album, and that says a lot. The production alone is miles above “The Oncoming Storm”… in that it’s less produced and more visceral. Very much more metalcore than “screamo” as my previous comparison to Killswitch Engage would confer.
Great guitars, too.
Best in class, as far as I’m concerned. I [...]

Slayer: Christ Illusion

The new Slayer is the same as the old Slayer. Seriously. Not that I’m super fan boy or anything like that, but I’ve read that this album marks a return to the original line-up or whatever. I could be wrong.
There’s nothing terribly new on this CD. Still pretty good thrash, although it’s almost quaint at [...]