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First Blood “Killafornia” CD

5.16.2006

I went completely apeshit the first time I encountered First Blood, the California metalcore act fronted by former Terror...

Closer “Tokpela” CD

5.15.2006

I'm starting this week off on quite a high note with the self-released debut EP from Closer (Sweden), titled "Tokpela"....

Xentrix “For Whose Advantage?” CD

5.11.2006

A number of people have been emailing me requesting more thrash, which is always a good sign, so I guess I should give the...

Victims and Skitsystem…

5.10.2006

Hot damn, I've said it before, but there's just something about Victims that I love, and they've really become one of my...

This Empty Flow and Integrity…

5.8.2006

This Empty Flow formed in 1994 in Finland, and curiously enough I became familiar with former member Niko Sirkiä's...

Starkweather “Croatoan” CD

5.5.2006

Simple fact: Starkweather is one of the greatest (and yet most criminally wronged, overlooked, and possibly cursed) bands to...

Versus the Mirror and Action Reaction…

5.4.2006

"Home" is the debut full-length from Arizona's Versus the Mirror and marks another very solid screamy emo kind of release...

Dim Mak and Phobia…

5.3.2006

I've never been a huge fan of New Jersey's Dim Mak for whatever reason, though of course I absolutely respect the...

In remembrance…

5.2.2006

Yesterday I unfortunately learned that two members of bands that I've posted about on this site have recently passed away...

Parkway Drive and Ligeia…

5.1.2006

Providing more proof that contemporary metalcore truly is a worldwide phenomenon, Australian label Resist Records, who I've...

Katatonia “The Great Cold Distance” CD

4.28.2006

This is not a "review" of Katatonia's latest Peaceville release, "The Great Cold Distance"... and I am somewhat insane......

Maximum Penalty “Demo ‘89 & East Side Story” CD

4.27.2006

Awesome. It looks like I Scream Records strikes again with another badass re-release from a relatively underappreciated...

Boris “Pink” CD

4.26.2006

I'm no expert on Japan's prolific and always unpredictable Boris, but I've always felt that I enjoy their earliest work a...

Procer Veneficus and Manes…

4.24.2006

"Ghostvoices" (released by God is Myth Records) is my first exposure to Procer Veneficus, and I know very little about this...

Occupied Territory (DMS: The Prequel.)

4.20.2006

When I posted about Dmize awhile back all of the comments that came in got me digging around and I was actually able to...

Angel Eyes and Rollo Tomasi…

4.19.2006

I've been coming across a surprising amount of misleading material lately in terms of what appear to be short EP's turning...

Subtera “Apocalypsed” CD

4.18.2006

I hadn't heard anything from Subtera (Brazil) since their debut CD, "Discord" (which was released in 2001, though I didn't...

Integrity “Palm Sunday” CD/DVD

4.17.2006

As a general rule of thumb I do not like live records at all, but when it's coming from the heyday of one of my favorite...