Local Review: Medea – We Alone Define Our Distance

Local Review: Medea – We Alone Define Our Distance
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Medea We Alone Define Our Distance Exigent Records Street: 09.11 Medea = Gaza (lite) + Birdeater + well, you get the idea… OK, I’ll admit that what Medea is going for here is better than what I’ve heard from a lot of other locals, but at the same time, stop-and-go deathmetalcore is getting kind of…well…played

Local Review: Microtia – Distance is Oval

Local Review: Microtia – Distance is Oval
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Microtia Distance is Oval Exigent Records Street: 09.11 Microtia = The New Transit Direction + Dulce Sky + Fugazi Musically, Microtia are headed in a direction that, although it has been done to death, is still relatively pleasing to the ears. The entire CD is pretty effect-heavy, which makes me curious as to whether these

Review: God’s Revolver – Little Black Horse, Where Are You Going With Your Dead Rider?

Review: God’s Revolver – Little Black Horse, Where Are You...
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God’s Revolver Little Black Horse, Where Are You Going With Your Dead Rider? Exigent Records Street: 09.11 God’s Revolver = Priestess + Goatsnake + Blue Cheer Skeptical. That’s the only word to describe how I felt before I listened to this God’s Revolver CD. I’ve seen GR live plenty of times, and they’re a great,

Local Review: Sweet Jesus – Self-Titled

Local Review: Sweet Jesus – Self-Titled
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Sweet Jesus Self-Titled Exigent Records Street: 03.07 Sweet Jesus = Hammergun + Form Of Rocket . Yeah, I said it. Honestly, and this is a good thing, Sweet Jesus sounds exactly like Hammergun and Form Of Rocket if you mashed them together. Makes perfect sense, considering bassist Sean McClaugherty was in Hammergun, and guitarist/vocalist Peter

Loca Review: Xur/ Mich!gan – By the Beard of Zeus

Loca Review: Xur/ Mich!gan – By the Beard of Zeus
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Xur/ Mich!gan By the Beard of Zeus Exigent Records Street: 07.10 Xur = Ocean + Lustmord + Isis Mich!gan = Converge + Botch By the Beard of Zeus is a split LP from the bands Xur and the no longer existing Mich!gan. The first three tracks are Xur’s the band is a big gnarly metal

Local Review: Prize Country – Lottery of Recognition

Local Review: Prize Country – Lottery of Recognition
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Prize Country Lottery of Recognition Exigent Records Street: 02.27 Prize Country = Unsane + Zeke + some Refused Formed in May of 2006, Prize Country has a way with being catchy without being infectious, fun without being a guilty pleasure and rockin’ without being masturbatory. No matter how many times I listen to this, I

Local Review: Bird Eater – Utah EP

Local Review: Bird Eater – Utah EP
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Bird Eater Utah EP Exigent Records Street: 05.18 Bird Eater = Gaza + early Norma Jean + Sergio Leone Although the Utah metal scene has rarely been known for anything of much significance, there have been a few fresh cuts recently that have caught some attention. Bird Eater is a collaborative side project with members

Local Review: Day of Less – Porcaria

Local Review: Day of Less – Porcaria
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Day of Less Porcaria Exigent Records Day of Less = Gaza (of course) + High on Fire + Converge (kind of) Um. Yeah. This is probably the heaviest music I’ve heard come out of Salt Lake since The Kill. I don’t even think Iodina was this heavy, cowboys. I’m glad it fell on my last

Local Review: Gaza – East

Local Review: Gaza – East
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Gaza East Exigent Records Gaza = Soilent Green + Today Is The Day + Eyehategod + Pushing Up Daisies Probably unfairly lumped in with many of the metalcore bands coming out these days, Gaza are unique and don’t deserve such categorization. Elements of raging, pissed hardcore are evident, but with a very kick-ass mix of