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Review: The Sword – Warp Riders (2010)
The Sword, along with a few other players, are largely responsible for bringing the stoner riffs to the forefront of metal. Many elitists panned them as being coattail riders, or posers who went from indie to stoner metal in a blink of an eye. Truth be told, The Sword were merely in the right place [...]
Review: Black River – Black N Roll (2009)
Swarmy, dirty, gritty and groovy heavy metal with a stoner bend…out of Poland? Pardon me for being surprised, but I am just so used to hearing the likes of Vader and Decapitated blowing out my eardrums with succinct death metal. Not only are these Poles, known as Black River, a relatively unknown commodity from Warsaw, [...]
New Kylesa Material in the Works?
After a crazy touring schedule during the past year, it seems that Kylesa is planning to head back into the studio to begin recording their follow up to Static Tensions on May 31st. This new album will be the debut on the Season of Mist label and I cannot friggin wait! Static Tensions was a [...]
Review: Melvins – The Bride Screamed Murder (2010)
Another year, another Melvins album. I tell ya, it seems like, despite how long the Melvins have been around the block, they have to be one of the most active bands of the last 20 years with new material coming out at the very most, every 3 years. Also, it’s worth noting that with all [...]
Review: Barren Earth – Curse of the Red River (2010)
Barren Earth is the superstar band that no one has been talking about. Containing former/current members of Amorphis, Chaosbreed, Swallow the Sun, Moonsorrow, the debut record Curse of the Red River is set to debut at the end of March, and really, after listening to this thing, it should be on everyone’s priority list because [...]
Javelina Spring Tour Dates
3/13/2010 Plaza Bowl – Richmond, VA w/ Howl, Tombs
3/14/2010 Earshot Records – Greenville, SC w/ Howl, Bison BC
3/15/2010 PS Warhouse – Atlanta, GA w/ Howl, Bison BC
3/17/2010 Emo’s – Austin, TX | SXSW @ Brooklyn Vegan Showcase w/ Torche, Withered, The Atlas Moth
3/18/2010 The Pedicab Bar – San Antonio, TX w/ Withered, Howl
3/19/2010 Phoenix Project [...]
Review: Ichabod – 2012 (2009)
Boston based Ichabod don’t follow in the footsteps off many of their metalcore brethren which put Mass on the map for modern American metal. Rather, Ichabod plays a tried and true brand of stoner metal with a huge allocation of groove, heaviness and the only usage of soundbytes from one of the best horror films [...]
Review: The Resurrection Sorrow – Hour of the Wolf (2009)
New York’s The Resurrection Sorrow’s claim to metal is of the stoner variety. And when I say stoner, I mean classic stoner metal. There is nothing “post metal” about the band’s debut effort, Hour of the Wolf, this is hard nosed muddy riff after muddy riff giving away a sound that can be likened to [...]
Review: La Fin Du Monde – Monolith (2009)
Oi vey…alright, I think I have reached my capacity. I have received umpteen million stoner and post metal albums (alright, maybe far less than that), and despite the overall positive quality of the releases, consisting of massive amounts of innovation, I think the market is beginning to become saturated. What began with the whirlwind known [...]
Gettin’ Down and Dirty With Dirt Communion
What type of metal could a band called Dirt Communion possibly play? The logical choice of course is the dirtiest form of metal there is: stoner metal! There has been a good amount of doom based bands popping up lately, especially the amazing new Shrinebuilder that was reviewed on AMR recently. Dirt Communion, hailing from [...]
