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Metal Sunday – Recent Headlines

Posted on May 20, 2012 by

In this edition… Invisible Oranges dissects the classic Neurosis LP, MetalSucks salutes to Gods of Thunder, black metal figurines from Citizen Brick and much, much more!   Neurosis Souls at Zero Turns 20 (Invisible Oranges) Fifteen Metal Gods, Then & Now: The Live Performances (MetalSucks) Norwegian Black Metal Minifigures Now Available (Blabbermouth) Indie Metal For The Masses [...]

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Metal Sunday – New Releases For April/May ’12

Posted on May 20, 2012 by

April –  16 – Deep Cuts From Dark Clouds  – Accept – Stalingrad – Unleashed – Odalheim – Torche – Harmonicraft – Paradise Lost – Tragic Idol – Mares Of Thrace – The Pilgrimage 16 – One Way Mirror – Destructive By Nature 21 – Cradle Of Filth – Midnight In The Labyrinth 24 – [...]

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Review – Melvins Lite – Freak Puke

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

  Rating: 3.8 out of 5 Label: Ipecac   One thing that you can say for sure – Melvins adore their classic FM rock. As if there wasn’t proof enough already (see “Going Blind”,  ”Ballad Of Dwight Fry”, “Buick McCane” etc etc), their new album contains a cover of Wings “Let Me Roll On It” [...]

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Upcoming – Melvins Lite – Freak Puke (Ipecac)

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

Melvins Lite is a trio that pairs up original Melvins members Buzz Osbourne and Dale Crover with Mr. Bungle bassist Trevor Dunn. Freak Puke is their debut album which is going to land on June 5th via Ipecac Recordings.   Tracklist 01 – “Mr. Rip Off“ 02 – “Inner Ear Rupture“ 03 – “Baby, Won’t [...]

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Poll – Best Unsane Album

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

Best Unsane Album

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Unsane Special – Pt. 4 – Review – Pigs – You Ruin Everything

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

Label: Solar Flare Rating: 3.5 out 5   I can’t help but feel that most of the projects associated with Unsane do sound fairly similar to the band itself (not that its a bad thing – we all need a bit more of Unsan-ity in our lives anyway…) And so is the case with Pigs [...]

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Unsane Special – Pt.3 – Guilty By Association Mixtape

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

Third part of a marathon dedicated to New York band Unsane and Wreck – their latest LP.  Collection of music from various side projects/other bands involving members of Unsane.   Cutthroats 9 The Cutthroats 9 was a band formed by Chris Spencer of Unsane when he moved to California after Unsane went on hiatus in 2000. Their first single “You [...]

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Unsane Special – Pt. 2 – Covers

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Second part of a marathon dedicated to New York band Unsane – a collection of covers by Unsane plus other bands covering material by Unsane.   Unsane Plays Others Ha Ha Ha Original by: Flipper Originally appeared on: Love Canal 7″ (Alternative Tentacles, 1982) / Blow’n Chunks (ROIR, 1984) Cover appears on: This Plan Australian [...]

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Reviews – Ten – East Of The Elm EP (Self-Released, 2012)

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

Ten – East Of The Elm EP Genre: Folk / Ambient / Experimental Rating: 3.8 out of 5 Much like its predecessor (2010 Lowlands EP), “East Of The Elm” by Leeds duo Ten  is a collection of melancholy-tinged ambient, perhaps best suited as a backdrop for observation of sunsets and various natural phenomena. And much [...]

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Unsane Special – Pt. 1 – Mixtape

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

New York City’s Unsane assisted in pioneering a more aggressive, less studied version of noise rock, one that blended the scum/art industrial sturm und drang of Foetus, the Swans, Einsturzende Neubauten, and Sonic Youth with the decidedly more straightforward hardcore idiom favored by acts like Sick of It All. While developing the blueprint for noise-metal [...]

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