Year: 2014
![Review: Cryogenic Echelon – Taste of Failure](/uploads/302/7060-cryogenic%20echelon-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Cryogenic Echelon – Taste of Failure
It bridges boundaries, and various types of music lovers will find it appealing. I will most certainly be mixing “Fall of the Reptiles (Grendel Remix)” into my set lists at the club—it’s perfect for the transition from synth pop to industrial. … read more
![Review: Culted – Oblique to All Paths](/uploads/302/7123-culted-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Culted – Oblique to All Paths
Oblique to All Paths sounds like a musical rendition of a passive-aggressive argument at band practice. Embarrassingly self-indulgent and lacking any kind of major, defining characteristic, Culted end up writing the doom metal equivalent of cold oatmeal. … read more
![Review: Creative Adult – Psychic Mess](/uploads/303/7273-creative%20adult-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Creative Adult – Psychic Mess
Creative Adult Psychic Mess Run For Cover Street: 02.25 Creative Adult = Mayyors + Gray Matter + The Vibrating Antennas Imagine the sound of an ’80s goth-influenced group that you can’t place between punk and new wave. Now, if you can imagine dropping the needle on their LP, coated with a fine layer of mud,
![Review: Crucifixion Machine – ON3](/uploads/303/7275-crucifixion%20machine-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Crucifixion Machine – ON3
His creativity combines darkwave, synthpop and electro-industrial. He uses vocal samples instead of singing, which is one of my favorite styles of music. I feel it allows your mind to wander where it needs to go without imposing a lyrical meaning to the songs. … read more
![Review: Craft Spells – Nausea](/uploads/305/7633-cs-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Craft Spells – Nausea
With a record label that fosters the likes of Wild Nothing and Beach Fossils, it’s expectable that most Craft Spells compositions will be aimed toward the average pop-loving introvert. … read more
![Review: Conan – Blood Eagle](/uploads/305/7682-conan-blood-eagle-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Conan – Blood Eagle
Conan’s second LP, Blood Eagle, is as deliberate and brutal as its namesake—a method of execution mentioned in Norse legends. … read more
![Review: Corrosion of Conformity – IX](/uploads/306/7754-corrosionofconformityix-crop-396x288.jpg)
Review: Corrosion of Conformity – IX
This is the Corrosion of Conformity I grew up on—equal parts jam and technicality, and catchy as hell. … read more
![Review: Courtney Barnett – A Sea of Split Peas](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/courtney-barnett-the-double-ep-sea-of-split-peas.webp)
Review: Courtney Barnett – A Sea of Split Peas
Like a collection of Cheever shorts cut to Lou Reed, this “Double EP” features the most invigorating songwriting since Joni Mitchell’s Blue. … read more
![Review: Cradle of Filth – Total Fucking Darkness](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/cradle-of-filth-total-fucking-darkness.jpg)
Review: Cradle of Filth – Total Fucking Darkness
Cradle of Filth = Within Temptation + Funeral + Satyricon … read more
![Review: Cory Branan – The No-Hit Wonder](/uploads/311/8475-corybranan-crop-396x396.jpg)
Review: Cory Branan – The No-Hit Wonder
Cory Branan = Justin Townes Earle + Lucero + Todd Snider … read more