Local Review: Dethrone the Sovereign – Autocracy Dismantled

Local Review: Dethrone the Sovereign – Autocracy Dismantled
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This local prog-metal outfit is one to watch out for. They display maturity in every inch of their presentation, from songwriting and recording/producing to oft-neglected areas such as packaging and art direction. … read more

Local Review: Coral Bones – Youthemism

Local Review: Coral Bones – Youthemism

Coral Bones’ sound is best described as “assorted.” The project’s Facebook page lists the genre as “whatever you want,” which really sums it all up.  … read more

Local Review: Contaminated Intelligence – Tracks

Local Review: Contaminated Intelligence – Tracks
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While I was listening to the album, I was delighted to hear the scratchy bath salt zombie sound that I so love to grind to, except there was only one problem—I had to wait for what seemed like eternity for the next track to start. … read more

Local Review: Cavedoll – Late Nights/Bad Decisions

Local Review: Cavedoll – Late Nights/Bad Decisions
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The truth is these guys make some very scrappy dance tunes—half of the songs pulsate with darkness and a little bit of raw romance, but in each case, dark or not, the song is dominated by lead singer Ransom Wydner’s vocals. … read more

Local Review: Beachmen – Self-Titled

Local Review: Beachmen – Self-Titled

Beyond the name, every aspect of Beachmen seeps through my eardrums with the pleasant sweetness of summer. … read more

Local Review: AODL – Arsenblotz 63

Local Review: AODL – Arsenblotz 63
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Before I go any further, let it be known that I am in no way the world’s foremost expert on noise/power electronics/industrial. Quite the opposite, in fact. However, good music (noise?) is good music, and I like what I like … and I like this release from AODL. … read more

Local Review: Abiogene – Self-Titled

Local Review: Abiogene – Self-Titled
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Add this group to the growing roster of prog-djent outfits who are really making the subgenre something to behold. … read more

Review: Funeral Circle – Self-Titled

Review: Funeral Circle – Self-Titled
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Funeral Circle set out to be epic doom metal, but unlike Candlemass, Funeral Circle, for the most part, retain a crunchier groove-riff-burdening album featuring slower tunes with sparse guitar solos and leads. When those leads and solo licks do kick in, the impact is much harder.  … read more

Review: Dosh – Milk Money

Review: Dosh – Milk Money
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Experimental electronic music seems to be kind of the trend lately among newer artists, but that doesn’t always mean it’s the best music. Dosh deliver an album that, while it has a good quality of sound backing it, is not something I could see becoming big. … read more