Music Reviews
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Aug 13 Reviews
The Fall, The Rise
Quiet! I'm Hunting!Review by Anthony Bryant
Quiet! I’m Hunting! has an EP called The Fall, The Rise. Both the band’s name and the album’s title are enough to capture your interest. That is, until you...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Scarecrow
Decyfer DownReview by Sarah Brehm
Scarecrow, the third studio album from Decyfer Down, is the culmination of four long years of writing and recording, and for the fans, waiting. But this album is well...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Pains.
IslanderReview by Chelc Eaves
Looking for some new tunes to rock out to this summer? Well put your hardcore dancing shoes on, because the search ends here, with Islander. This Greenville, S.C. band...
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Aug 13 Reviews
Hollow Bodies
BlessthefallReview by Anthony Bryant
Blessthefall’s fourth full-length studio record, Hollow Bodies, is another example of the group’s expert harmony of symphonicism and vicious instrumentals, and though the album isn’t an example of anything...
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Jul 3 Reviews
No Shelter
MessengersReview by Dan Garcia
Messengers brings gives us a good time with fast-paced “circle pit” rhythms, and heavy, headbanging guitars that would please even the most violet-bandana-wearing hardcore mosher. No Shelter is a...
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Jul 2 Reviews
Extol
ExtolReview by Rob Houston
Extol’s self-titled fifth album is a long overdue masterpiece. The Norwegian band is finally following up on their Norwegian Grammy nominated The Blueprint Dives – from 2005. Eight years...
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Jul 2 Reviews
Maximus
King JamesReview by Sean Huncherick
King James is now joining what I like to call the New Wave of Reunited Heavy Metal. With their first album in over 15 years, the band is back...
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Jul 2 Reviews
Super Collider
MegadethReview by Doug Van Pelt
Love ’em or hate ’em, Megadeth exists in a sphere that steamrolls with fast, heavy metal, creativity that is beyond the “does it suck or not?” level of quality....
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Jul 2 Reviews
In the Taking of Flesh
The BurialReview by David Stagg
The Burial had quite an off-season. After some major member shake-ups — including the addition of songwriter and guitarist Elisha Mullins — the band opted to keep the same...
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Jul 2 Reviews
The Glory
Animal GiantReview by David Stagg
Animal Giant is the moniker for John LaRussa’s (Inhale Exhale) one-man band. On this EP, he does it all, from engineering, tracking and producing to the instruments and songwriting....
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Jul 2 Reviews
Prisoner
AngeLightReview by Sean Huncherick
Crunchy guitars? Check. Occasional piano or strings? Check. Grungy vocals with an average of two screamed lyrics a song? Check. At least one member with dreadlocks and eyeliner? Check....
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Jul 2 Reviews
Collapsible Lung
Relient KReview by Dan Macintosh
Relient K’s Matt Thiessen is rock music’s perennial underdog, so one tends to pull for him, almost instinctively. However, his band’s latest effort, Collapsible Lung, makes it difficult to...
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Jul 2 Reviews
The Split
Platoon 1107 / The CantsReview by Justin Mabee
The album’s first six tracks are from Platoon 1107, a band that describes itself as “patriotic, American, hardcore rock and roll.” While I might not agree with the rock...
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Jul 2 Reviews
The World is Waking
UnspokenReview by Justin Croteau
In a scene with world-class bands like Crowded House, Mercy Me and Third Day, it’s hard for a band to really stand out. Unspoken’s new EP, The World is...
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Jul 2 Reviews
Fragile Figures
SecretsReview by Sarah Brehm
This past April, lead singer Xander Bourgeois quit Secrets to focus on his sobriety, emphasizing that there was no bad blood between him and his former bandmates. Not long...
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Jul 2 Reviews
N.L.C.
No Lost CauseReview by Wes Jaques
Did you ever get that feeling, when you’re listening to something new, that you could see your kids rocking out to it? That’s the feeling I get when listening...
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Jul 2 Reviews
The Last Word is Yours to Speak
PhinehasReview by Wes Jaques
Opening with riffs in the style of Cannibal Corpse. Twisting you back and forth with legato and non-rhythmic patterns like Hatebreed-gone-death metal. This crossbreed turns a violent noise into...
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Jul 2 Reviews
Nantucket Circle
Big Kettle DrumReview by Dan Macintosh
Big Kettle Drum makes easily-digestible roots rock music, and they have never sounded better than on Nantucket Circle, the trio’s new EP. While the act keeps its lyrics fairly...
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Jul 2 Reviews
Transparency
Mouth of the SouthReview by Dan Garcia
When Bane first encountered Batman in “The Dark Knight Rises,” he told him, “You fight like a younger man. Nothing held back.” This can honestly be said about Mouth...
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Jul 2 Reviews
Spiritless
MaranathaReview by Sean Huncherick
If you look up “Maranatha” on Facebook, you’ll mostly find three things: my favorite brand of almond butter, about 50 different churches, a Christian college and one of the...
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