Chimaira Done Sucking?

Chimaira’s new album Resurrection will be released next Tuesday, March 6, 2007. If Internet chatter is any indication, it will not suck.
This is big news, because 2003’s The Impossibility of Reason was awesome, but apparently things went sour over at Roadrunner, and they foisted upon their fans a fetid fecal fetus called, well, Chamaira in [...]

Speculation on the new Clutch record

So, “Electric Worry” is out. And it sounds a lot different than Robot Hive/Exodus. Some people don’t like this.
Haters, I say. I know, I’m a Clutch fanboy and in my head, they can probably do no wrong, but bear with me.
Transnational Speedway League didn’t sound like Impetus. Elephant Riders didn’t sound like Clutch. Blast Tyrant [...]

The Feeds… They are Alive!

For those of you who live and enjoy the RSS lifestyle, you may remember the Feeds of Fury which began life back on the old MovableType blog. With the death of that setup, I decided to keep them around, albeit on a different server where I had shell access and could run my little scripts [...]

Only Crime – Virulence

SWEET MERCIFUL JESUS, it’s a decent version of Black Flag circa ‘85. And it even has Bill Stevenson on drums!
No new ground here, but if you play ‘The Bars’ for the billionth time and wish someone could do that and not be shitty, run don’t walk to the record store.

Coldworker: The Contaminated Void

First of all, some background that I learned on the Intertubes: There once was a band named Nasum, whose singer died in The Tsunami, and whose drummer is now in Coldworker. I’ve never even heard of Nasum, much less heard anything by them… so go blow your comparisons outta’ your ass, m’kay?
By the way, “Nasum [...]

All That Remains: The Fall of Ideals

While The Fall of Ideals was released in the middle of 2006, it came in under my radar. Because of this (and because I’m the decider), this album will be in contention for Album of the Year honors for 2007.
Yes, this is metalcore. Hell, it’s produced by the dude from Killswitch Engage. What do you [...]

The Apex Theory: Lightpost EP

It’s been five years since The Apex Theory released a full-length album; their last was Topsy-Turvy, which I totally dug. The full-length Faces is due out sometime this summer, but to satisfy any latent and/or lingering desire to hear new shit, they released a fifteen-minute EP with a single song: “Lightpost”.
“Lightpost” is more in the [...]

Upcoming Shows – February / March

Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007 at 6:00pm
Jaxx
36 Crazyfists support Kittie
Slayer & Unearth at the 9:30 Club is sold out, both nights (Feb. 19/20).
Friday, Feb. 23, 2007 at 7:00pm
Jaxx
All That Remains headlines
Fri/Sat, Mar. 2&3, 2007 at 6:30pm
9:30 Club
Killswitch Engage headlines
Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2007 at 6:30pm
Jaxx
Threat Signal headlines
Monday, Mar. 26, 2007 at 6:30pm
9:30 Club
Lamb of God, Trivium et [...]

The New Fury

This is the new home of Pure Rock Fury. Just got things imported today, and will work on getting the rest of the guys signed up soon. The “Feeds of Fury” RSS / XML news feeds for upcoming shows at the Recher Theater, Black Cat, and 9:30 club have all been transferred to a new [...]