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• Toy Matinee - S/T

  

  I found this GEM (and I do mean GEM!) Back in '91 on cassette. I'm from the Quad Cities of Iowa/Illinois, and was a frequent shopper at Co-op Records. The guys... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Dixie Witch - Let It Roll

  

  Now this is my kinda album - no ballads, no keyboards, no acoustic guitars! Dixie Witch is a band you can count on for heads down, no nonsense boogie. Anything... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Peste Noire – L’Ordure a l’Etat Pur

  

  I’m just going to right up front about this. French black metal makes my dick hard. Give me some Blut Aus Nord, Merrimack, or Deathspell Omega (best band name... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Trunks - On The Roof

  

  It had been a long, arduous flight back home from France. I nearly jumped for joy when the pilot informed us that the plane had begun its final descent into... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Jonny Lives! - Revolution For Free

  

  Mimic (disambiguation). It is that effort to imitate something else. Imitation. Fake. Something that is not the real thing but tries to appear to be the real... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Icarus Himself - Career Culture

  

  You know that already-expansive, ever-growiing list of bands "you totally need to hear before you die!" The one you keep on your hard-drive and try not to look... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Birch Hill Dam - Colossus

  

  This just in: Birch Hill Dam in Massachusetts is at its highest flood stage since 2008. The US Army Corps of Engineers has opened the floodgates once again and... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Cerebral Ballzy - S/T

  

  Hello Waveriders! Lately, I have been really hard on music. By this I mean, it has been hard for me to find something I could listen to over and over and not ge... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare

  

  He’s back…the man behind the mask. Well, strictly Alice has never really gone away. Now Alice, in my humble opinion, has never made a truly terrible album... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Black Tusk - Set the Dial

  

  This one gave me some difficulties. I hated it at first. And I like Black Tusk a lot, don't get me wrong. I liked the previous LP, Taste the Sin, I saw them liv... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Noothgrush - Live for Nothing

  

  This is the aural equivalent of Charles Bukowski (not, interestingly, the German classical he used to write about); I initally thought that Eyehategod was,... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Twisted Sister - Double Live DVD/Live At the Marquee CD

  

  A few months ago I wrote a frantic, drooling review of the reissue of Twisted Sister's debut album Under The Blade. It came with a bonus live DVD of their hell... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Free Download - Canuck Metal Vol. 1 Presented by Loudtrax.com & Heavy Metal Musi...

  

  The Heavy Metal Music Association of Canada (H.M.M.A.C.) and LoudTrax.com have teamed up to present Volume 1 of Canuck Metal, a free download compilation part o... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Tending Bar - Featuring Dan Miraldi, Dansewolf, and Charetta

  

  Late last night I found myself once again behind my bar’s well-worn counter. Three individuals, a man who appeared to be in his 60s, a woman I’d guess to be... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• PILE Sign with New Label Exploding In Sound Records

  

  Entering the studio in the spring to record their highly anticipated follow up to last year’s Magic Isn’t Real.Exploding In Sound Records is beyond thrilled to... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• John Amadon - Seven Stars

  

  My favorite Beatle was John Lennon. To be sure, John was a tortured soul. His soft side seen in such songs as “Imagine,” “Beautiful Boy,” “Mind Games,” “Gimme... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Rammstein Retrospective Album, Made in Germany 1995 - 2011, Available Dec. 6

  

  Oct. 28 -- Rammstein's long-awaited retrospective release, Made In Germany 1995 - 2011, will be available on Dec. 6 through Universal Germany's marketing and... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Brett Detar – Bird In The Triangle

  

  As I mentioned last week in my Nick 13 write up, I was previlaged to see a man by the name of Brett Detar open up the show I saw. Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Iron Lamb– The Original Sin

  

  Given the metal pedigree of the members of Iron Lamb, the surprise of this release is that it’s not really metal. When you have members, current and former, of... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• SkeletonWitch - Forever Abomination

  

  This is one of the blurbs that came with the advance of Skeletonwitch's Forever Abomination: Skeletonwitch has been called every name in the fucking book:... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC