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Review: Grant Nelson – So Special
Grant Nelson So Special Swing City Grant Nelson is back! Just in time for Balearic Season—this hot little number is right off the back of the “life” single, released earlier this year. Including “club” and “dub” mixes, this disco groover will top charts in full swank. Featuring vocal stabs, GN beats, funky ass bass, keys
Review: Off the Cuff – Shake
Off the Cuff “Shake” Soulfuric Trax From northeast England, the production duo of “Off the Cuff” are Karl Frampton and Si Liliker. Welcoming them to the Soulfuric team with new single “Shake,” these folks know the nectar of the house fruit. Aside includes the swingin’ talent of Martin Ikin and Darren Giles for the “Solid
Review: Hardsoul ft. New Cool Collective – Bounson
Hardsoul ft. New Cool Collective Bounson Hardsoul Pressings It’s here, the long-awaited debut release of Hardsoul Pressings! The boys from Amsterdam (Roog and Greg) are precision and engineering at its finest. As they continue to go from hit to hit with strength, they’re in demand and the studio work is more profound than ever. This
Review: Ritual Carnage – I, Infidel
Ritual Carnage I, Infidel Osmose Productions Ritual Carnage = Hellchild + Hellbastard + Exodus There’s a lot of declaration in metal these days—“I, Monarch!” “I, Infidel!” What’s the deal? Anyway, stuff from Japan usually kicks ass, and there’s no exception here. This is good, solid thrashing death in the late 80s style complete with an
Review: Testament – Seen Between the Lines DVD
Testament Seen Between the Lines DVD Escapi Testament = Slayer + Exodus + (old) Metallica An entire concert as well as video clips. The traditional stuff for a DVD these days, yes? Originally only available back in the early 90s on video, now it’s on DVD. Testament was much along the lines of Exodus back
Review: With Passion – In the Midst of Bloodied Soil
With Passion In the Midst of Bloodied Soil Earache Records With Passion = Bathroom after lots of Mexican food It’s hit-and-miss with Earache Records anymore. It seems as though they are attempting to out-cheese Century Media and Metal Blade by signing SHIT!!! If this were Tatooine, I’d definitely be a Sith, as I’ve so easily
Review: Hate Eternal – I, Monarch
Hate Eternal I, Monarch Earache Records Hate Eternal = Suffocation + Origin + Nile First off, Hate Eternal features Derek Roddy on drums. That name is equivalent to GOD to many progressive or technical metal fans out there. Roddy has played for countless metal bands, most notably Nile, on the Black Seeds of Vengeance album.
Review: Expansion Pack 2.0 – Ant Zen
Expansion Pack 2.0 Ant Zen Street: 06.03 What’s better than getting a new CD from Converter? Getting two! Two discs and 31 tracks of unreleased material, live mixes and remixes from Displacer, Broken Fabiola, Sonar and Prospero (to name a few), make the second installation in the Expansion Pack 2.0 series something for you to
Local Review: De La Vega – 5-song demo
De La Vega 5-song demo DLV= Incubus + Phish As if their full-length wasn’t enough, De La Vega sends another rap-metal-reggae release that wants badly to be Rage Against the Machine spooning with, say, Staind, but comes off like a horrible suicide-drink slime Sublime/Phish/P.O.D. hybrid. It’s grounded in some pretty catchy riffs, but is still
Local Review: Erin Haley – Catastrophe Fantastic
Erin Haley Catastrophe Fantastic Erin Haley = Ani DiFranco + Regina Spektor + Russian accent It’s clear Erin Haley is loaded with talent, and luckily, she has a great recording to promote herself. I probably hear two or three new hopeful major-label piano/singing divas appear on the musical horizon every month, and Erin has just as