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The best music you're not listening to.™ Reviews of lost classics and obscure titles. Unheralded bands and songwriters. New bands deserving of greater attention. The site for the music omnivore. It's all here, on the Ripple Effect
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The Heaviest Album I've Heard - Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version
“God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.” Nietzsche, the Gay Science, section 125. Is it any wonder Dylan Carlson called his dirt-diggin’... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Heaviest Album I've Heard - Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
I have heard many heavy albums over the years but when it comes down to weight, the 2010 vinyl reissue of Electric Ladyland by the Jimi Hendrix Experience is th... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Trippy Wicked Announce New EP and UK Headlining Tour in August
The UK’s alt-stoner trio have been working on a 5 song EP exploring the sludgier side of their split-personality genre hopping style. Read more
Posted on 03 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Lemmy Cuts Comeback Show Short
courtesy of Classic Rock Magazine.com Motorhead were forced to cut short their first show since frontman Lemmy spent several weeks in hospital, after he found... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Heaviest Album I've Ever Heard - Metallica - Master of Puppets
DRN!!!! DRN-DRN-DRNNNN!!!! Jubbadubbadabubbada-DRN-DRN-DRN! Jubbadubbadabubbada-DRN-DRN-DRN – DRN-DRN!!!!!!!!! Once, the question was posed, “what’s the... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Heaviest Album I've Heard - Talking Heads Brick Box Set
The Heaviest Album I OwnThe suggestion was made to “…write a review of the Heaviest album we've ever heard”. “We” being the staff writers of The Ripple Effect. Read more
Posted on 02 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Heaviest Album I've Heard - Dark Angel - Time Does Not Heal
"Heavy." As a term used to describe music, "heavy" suggests to me analogies to horror movie monsters; in this, there are two axes: power, and precision. Read more
Posted on 02 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Heaviest Album I've Heard - Floor - Self Titled (2002) No Idea Records
A bunch of years back in some metal magazine (most likely Metal Maniacs), I read about this band called Torche. I remember it being somewhere around the time... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Heaviest Album I've Heard - Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning
Thunder And Lightning might be an odd choice as the heaviest album ever considering I like Slayer, Metallica, Exodus et al. However, as some of you may know by... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Heaviest Album I've Heard - Acid Bath - When the Kite Strings Pop
Well, "heavy" can be the most subjective of terms. With regard to what we're hearing, any Slayer record can prove to be the most violently riff-gasmic, while... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Heaviest Album I've Heard - Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
I had just said hasta luego to my raging skullet and burly beard. No biggie, it was my best friends big day and he wanted some wedding pictures in a hip little... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Heaviest Album I've Heard - Vorov - Vorov EP
When the Ripple Writers decided to take on the task of picking the heaviest album they could think of and reviewing it… I had a momentary quandary. How do you... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
ORANGE GOBLIN To Return To North America This Autumn
Britain's premier stoner metal band ORANGE GOBLIN will return to perform at venues throughout North America this Autumn. Following the band’s huge success... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Heaviest Album I've Heard - Neurosis - The Word As Law
Great albums change your life. Great albums can also play the soundtrack to your life’s biggest changes. The music you listened to when you were a teen, and if... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Heaviest Album I've Heard - Thou - Tyrant
So I have been asked by my good friends at The Ripple Effect to write an article about the heaviest album I have ever heard. Well that is a tough one. What I... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Heaviest Album I've Heard - Borracho - Splitting Sky
Recently the powers that be at Ripple tasked everyone with writing about the heaviest album we've heard. In my youth I always considered anything labeled heavy... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
Heaviest Album I've Ever Heard - Bob Mould - Workbook
In an act like Jesus Christ stare into the sun You don't see eye to eye with anyone Alienation. Betrayal. Catharsis. When the idea of a theme week was first... Read more
Posted on 29 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
In Memory of JJ Cale - The Yang to Hard Rock's Yin
The other day we lost an American treasure. Tulsa native JJ Cale was a one of the pioneers of the genre that we now classify as Singer/Songwriter. Read more
Posted on 28 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Heaviest Album I've Heard - The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird
Year......1978. I just had gotten my first record player for my eighth birthday. It was one of those box record players that had a hinged cover and a... Read more
Posted on 28 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC -
The Heaviest Album I've Heard - Deep Purple – In Rock
We were given the topic to write about, our personal heaviest album. For someone like me, who listens to a shit ton of metal all the time, this was a little... Read more
Posted on 28 July 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC