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Song of the Day: Spirits, “Paid for Hate,” from Discontent (State of Mind, 2015)

Sincere, energetic hardcore deserving of far more hype.

Review: Heads., Heads. (This Charming Man, 2015)

Dead-on perfect noise rock with slithering bass, a dash of skronk, and loads of ominous intrigue.

Review: Implode, I of Everything (Cramada, 2015)

Classic melodic Swedish death/thrash, with a modern twist...

Review: Witch of the Waste, Made of Teeth (Self-Released, 2015)

Raging technical (death) metalcore that's working with a mixed bag of influences.

Review: Slikk Wikked, Black Wind of Death (Self-Released, 2015)

Rockin' old school thrash, with attitude...

Song of the Day: Nyodene D, “Puritan,” from Witness to the Flood (Chondritic Sound, 2015)

Cleveland, OH noise unit delivers brooding dark ambient/death industrial textures.

The (Kenny) G-Funk Era

Exploring a few of Kenny G's finest funky moments...

Review: Ssanahtes, Ssanahtes (Self-Released, 2015)

French quintet impresses with djent-like sludgy doom.

Song of the Day: Vain, “Greener,” from Enough Rope (Jackie Rainbow, 2011)

Yes, an amazing hard rock/"hair metal" album was, in fact, released in 2011.

Review: The Ditch and The Delta, We Rust (Gypsyblood, 2015)

Imagine, perhaps, Neurosis as a stripped down, sludgy math rock outfit.

Song of the Day: Fall of the Leafe, “A Waiting Room Snap,” from Volvere (Rage of Achilles, 2004)

"Like a fish pulled up against the light"? Say what?

Review: Anchord, Anchord (Saltamarges, 2014)

A stellar fusion of emo, melodic hardcore, and hints of pop-punk from Girona, Spain.

Journey’s Greatest Non-Hits of the ‘80s

Because "greatest hits" collections cannot be trusted...

Interview: Sunset Strip Certified: A Chat With Johnny X (The Wild), Jimmy Quill (Rattlesnake Shake), and Ethan Gladstone (Taz)

Reminiscing on the Hollywood underground with three rock 'n' roll rebels...

Review: Various Artists, Rock 'n' Roll Rebels & The Sunset Strip: Volume 1 (Eönian, 2015)

Four CDs, 36 bands, 72 tracks, and nearly five hours of obscure and underrated glam metal/hard rock!

Review: Haemophagus/Subjugation, Split (EveryDayHate, 2015)

Vicious underground death metal from Italy and Turkey, by way of Polish label EveryDayHate.

Review: Red Vienna, The Book of Hours (Locust Hail, 2015)

Will a wider audience finally catch on to Red Vienna's unique post-punk with a shoegaze edge?

Track Premiere: Tyranny is Tyranny, “Kabuki Snuff Theater”

Lurching, angular noise rock from the forthcoming album, The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.

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