7.5
The SchytëHawkës – Cover up the Hole (It seeps through)
Genre: Punk, Thrash Metal, Hard Rock
Similar artists: Stray From the Path; Comeback Kid; Havok; RATM; Skindred; Madball; Anthrax; Pantera; Metallica
If you enter a modern art exhibit and you are not…
New screams, old rules: AVOID and Balmain reviewed
April 25, 2022
Balmain – Reach the Unreachable
Genre: Screamo / Post-Hardcore, Melodic Metal, Alternative Rock
Similar artists: Deftones, The Cure, Death from Above 1979, The Bravery, Architects, Depeche Mode, A Perfect Circle
You learn a thing or two after playing in a…
Future lords of the guitar temple: Belling The Tiger and Laszlo Jones & Alex Skolnick review
December 7, 2021
Laszlo Jones & Alex Skolnick – Kill Myself
Genre: Stoner Rock, Industrial, Electronicore
Laszlo Jones collaborates with the great Alex Skolnick in a bid to reinvent heavy guitar music.
How does heavy guitar music remain powerful and terrifying? And, when…
Till Morninglight – Hurricane
Genre: Lo-fi Rock, Garage Rock
Similar artists: The Black Keys, Ty Segall, The Stooges, Oh Sees
Belgium’s Till Morninglight entertains rock at their most primal on the single Hurricane.
How often do you hear Yes or…
Choosing the best guitar for metal is a delicate business. So, your heart is set on creating the kind of noise that the devil will consider you one of his own, will make your parents disown you, and will ban you in most places where they prize civil company? It’s time…
Riff stew: Pi Fire and Black Citrus reviewed
October 19, 2021
Black Citrus – Dionysus’ Eyes
Genre: Stoner Rock, Doom Metal / Sludge
Max Cavalera tells the story of how he, and his brother Igor, saved up on money to buy a guitar. The purpose was to start a band using the few records that they owned as inspiration. Upon…
Kicks: OVTLIER and Occupants reviewed
October 11, 2021
Occupants – Disappointment Enthusiast
Genre: Punk
Similar artists: FFO Amp Fight, Drug Church, Title Fight
Choosing to declare yourself the fan of a music genre, spending money on the artists that you love, telling others about it, are a political gesture…
Keepers Brew x Benji Webbe (Skindred) – Olympus Has Fallen
Genre: Rap Metal, Post-Metal, Industrial
Similar artists: The Prodigy, Primus, Igorrr, Skindred, Nine Inch Nails, Wargasm
Much of the world is a terrifying, dangerous place. It’s something that…
Sugar-free: Kat Von D and Stay Lost reviewed
August 4, 2021
Stay Lost – Blinded
Genre: Post-Punk, Screamo / Post-Hardcore, Hard Rock
Heroes are supposed to go out in a blaze of glory. Every hard-rock band tries to create an atmosphere of reckless, “whatever may come, may come” abandon. Still, few succeed in…