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Louser – Louser
9/10 Winnipeg emo rockers Louser are back with their latest EP, Louser. This self-titled release is an impressive follow up to 2018 Intermediate State. The production is a little more polished than on the band’s […]
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The Dirty Tales – Blackout Drinking
8.5/10 “Drinking songs by drinkers for drinkers.” That is exactly what we find on Blackout Drinking, the new EP by English seven-piece band, The Dirty Tales. You might be propelled directly into St. Paddy’s mode […]
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Haderach – Haderach
7/10 For those of you that know my musical tendencies, it’s a well-known fact that I have a propensity to listen to stoner rock, doom metal, and sludge. That’s why I danced for joy a […]
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Grayscale Season – Everything Hurts
8.5/10 HOLY SHIT! That’s exactly what I thought after listening to Everything Hurts, the new album from the Swedish quartet Grayscale Season. If one were to provide background music to the rigorous, no-win Starfleet academy training exercise from […]
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Ovaryrot – Non-Flesh Scarring
6/10 When it comes to discovering new music, it’s easy to be swayed by an album’s artwork. One quick look at the album cover for Ovaryrot’s new album, Non-Flesh Scarring, indicates that listeners are in for […]
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Thy Art Is Murder – Human Target
7/10 The career of a musician doesn’t always have a straight line of progression, leading to the mighty Dethklok archetype in the sky. There are roadblocks, detours that meander into oblivion, and even just the […]
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Carthagods – The Monster in Me
3/10 Carthagods are a long-standing metal band from Tunisia. The band’s newest release is The Monster in Me, a thrashy eight-song album with bits of death and power metal thrown in throughout. Carthagods have been […]
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Trenton Van Plummer – Red
4/10 Trenton Van Plummer’s Red sounds like it aimed to be the long-lost Anthony Kiedis solo album that never was. It makes for an amusing what-if scenario, but in the end, it will have you […]
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Superintendent Idle Tiger – Sweeping Tendrils
6/10 Imagine if all the talking you do in your mind was actually a strange inversion of yourself whispering into your ear. You could feel the breath trickle down your spine; you could hear the […]
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Alex Vincent – Kamakura EP
5/10 Scores mean nothing sometimes. Apparently so do song structures and sound combinations. In this nice little grey area that isn’t often explored by anything mainstream, we find curiosity; but in the musical realm of […]