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ALBUM REVIEW: -16- – Guides For The Misguided
Sludge metal lifers, -16-, casually dropped their tenth full-length, Guides For The Misguided (Relapse Records) and it is crushing. Sludge Metal is at its best with bluesy guitar riffs that still feel massive, raspy vocals, and lyrics covering depression, drug addiction, and overall hatred. The L.A. four-piece violently checks off all of those checkboxes. They do so for over forty minutes with minimal to no filler.Continue reading
PREVIEW: New Music Friday – Rock and Metal Releases for 2-7-25
From underground gems to headline-worthy drops It’s New Music Friday for 2-7-25!
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-(16)- Drop Their Single and Video “Proudly Damned” – New Album Coming Soon
Coming up on 35 years as a band, metallers, -(16)-, are gathering up for the release of their new album, Guides For The Misguided. The record is due out on February 7, via Relapse Records. They have also just dropped a brand new video for “Proudly Damned,” taken from the album. Check it out below.Continue reading
GUEST POST: Merlock Shares a List of Their Favorite Releases of 2022
We are still wrapping up all the goodness of 2022 with some fun guest posts. Check out this list from Merlock! The Stoner Doom/Psych band from The Pacific Northwest has a new record, Onward Strides Colossus, releasing soon on February 24th, 2023; so stay tuned for new music here. In the meantime, check out Merlock’s list of Top Releases from fellow Tru Z0inked Warriors:
ALBUM REVIEW: -16- – Into Dust
Grinding away in the sludge metal fringes for over thirty years, Los Angeles, California’s -16– are one of those “how have I missed them?” bands that seem to fly below the radar for many, but once detected are unlikely to be forgotten. On Into Dust (Relapse Records) the band drop their ninth album, the follow up to 2020’s Dream Squasher, sounding as amped-up, powerful and determined as ever to charge head-first through the nearest wall.
GIVEAWAY: Win A Stoner Doom Cassette Bundle from Unknown Controller Records
Time to win some free shit! Oakland, California’s awesome Unknown Controller Records has relaunched and Ghost Cult is helping them celebrate! The indie label is headed by musician Paul Kott (Kalas, High Tone Son of a Bitch) and they are kicking things off with a cool, cassette-only series featuring releases from HTSoB, Ails (ex-Ludicra, Abrupt), Keverra (current and ex-Goatsnake, -(16)-) and Worshipper. You can win the entire cassette series right here, right now! Enter at the links below, but before you do, jam out to this awesome new HTSOB track “Tribute’, featuring High on Fire / Sleep guitarist Matt Pike!Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Various Artists – Dirt Redux
Alice in Chains, when spoken out loud, is understood by all in earshot. Love them or not, every person who says they enjoy rock music in some format knows who they are. One of their finest works was the 1992 classic, Dirt (Columbia Records), which spawned five radio hits, peaked at number six on the Billboard charts, and has sold over five million copies worldwide. Now, twenty-eight years later, the next generation of rock stars have paid tribute to a timeless classic by each taking on a track to cover however they want; thus, was born, Dirt Redux (Magnetic Eye Records).
Listen to THOU Cover “Them Bones” By Alice In Chains
Avant-garde Sludge Metal chameleons THOU have released a cover of the classic Alice In Chains track ‘Them Bones’, which is featured on the forthcoming Magnetic Eye Redux series installment Dirt [Redux] More information about this record can be found below. Check out the track at Revolver!
Listen to Khemmis Cover “Down In A Hole” By Alice In Chains for “Dirt Redux”
Magnetic Eye Records just dropped the first single from Dirt [Redux]. Colorado doom metal quartet Khemmis chose ‘Down In A Hole’, originally the fourth track on Alice In Chains’ 1992 classic, Dirt (Columbia Records). Listen to the song now!