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HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT
reviewed by Matt Edmund

HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT

Factory 515 17 min., dir. by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn Time capsules allow us to relive the past through artifacts preserved in time and [...]

MAKING SCENES: REGGAE, PUNK, AND DEATH METAL IN 1990S BALI by Emma Baulch
reviewed by Nathaniel G. Moore

MAKING SCENES: REGGAE, PUNK, AND DEATH METAL IN 1990S BALI by Emma Baulch

Originally published in Verbicide issue #24 Duke University Press, 226 pages, paperback, $21.95 When we think of independent music in our local city, we think [...]

DIVINE HERESY – Bleed the Fifth
reviewed by Jenny Carter

DIVINE HERESY – Bleed the Fifth

Dino Cazares, co-founder of Fear Factory and Brujeria, has once again taken metal to a new level. Divine Heresy has borrowed few elements of each [...]

DROID – S/T
reviewed by Jenny Carter

DROID – S/T

I would like to start off by saying “wow!” That’s literally what I said when I heard the first few seconds of the first track [...]

METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK – Dethalbum
reviewed by Jenny Carter

METALOCALYPSE: DETHKLOK – Dethalbum

Ever been attracted to a cartoon? Nathan Explosion, brutal vocalist and lyrical visionary of Dethklok, is a bona fide beefcake! Dethklok is an animated metal [...]

PIG DESTROYER – Phantom Limb
reviewed by Dr. Heid

PIG DESTROYER – Phantom Limb

An all out nightmare for the unsuspecting listener’s eardrums. That being said, I dig it. The songs are extremely short, and unbelievably chaotic. Think the [...]

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD – Malice
reviewed by Seth Gotro

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD – Malice

I’m not usually a fan of death metal, but holy shit, this is a great album. Death metal is an acquired taste that I genuinely [...]

BLUDWULF – Cryptic Revelations
reviewed by Jenny Carter

BLUDWULF – Cryptic Revelations

The album boasts some of the worst high school fantasy art I’ve seen in a long time. I think it may even be in pencil [...]

DEVIN TOWNSEND – Devin Townsend Presents Ziltoid The Omniscient
reviewed by Dr. Heid

DEVIN TOWNSEND – Devin Townsend Presents Ziltoid The Omniscient

If Devin Townsend is indeed planning for a career after Strapping Young Lad, then this album, if nothing else, is a surefire sign that his [...]

DESTROY THE RUNNER – Saints
reviewed by Ryan Brosmer

DESTROY THE RUNNER – Saints

You can tell a Christian rock band is full of itself by calling their debut album Saints. And, according to their record label, Destroy the [...]

THE ESOTERIC – Subverter
reviewed by Jenny Carter

THE ESOTERIC – Subverter

This is one of the coolest CDs I’ve ever seen. I’m referring to the actual CD. They used the hole in the middle of the [...]

HEAVEN SHALL BURN – Deaf to Our Prayers
reviewed by Dr. Heid

HEAVEN SHALL BURN – Deaf to Our Prayers

If the name of this band doesn’t make you cry, then they are definitely worth a shot. No reinventing the wheel here, but you can [...]

MOURNBLADE – Mangled Lies
reviewed by Heather Schofner

MOURNBLADE – Mangled Lies

Metal is great. There’s nothing like a kick ass metal riff and a growly singer grumbling on about death, war, and Satan. When I saw [...]

BURNING SKIES – Desolation
reviewed by Jenny Carter

BURNING SKIES – Desolation

This is pure, unbridled metal from beginning to end! I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything this heavy or memorable within this genre come out [...]

DIECAST – Internal Revolution
reviewed by Jenny Carter

DIECAST – Internal Revolution

On their fourth CD, the Boston based metalcore band Diecast has another new lineup, including drummer Dennis Pavla and bassist Brad Horion. Entirely, I find [...]