ALBUM REVIEW: Witchsorrow – The Devil and All His Works


Witchsorrow’s last album saw the band taking the throb of Electric Wizard and giving it the grit of High on Fire. They changed up the strain of weed they were smoking when working on their newest album The Devil And All His Works (Church Road Records), as they take a turn down a darker path that is haunted by subtle bits of psychedelia. The opening track sprawls out into eleven minutes of hypnotic rumbling and pulses punctuated by a more deliberate stomp. It sounds great, though it leans more into the sounds summoned here rather than offering anything hooky. They saved the longest for first, since the rest of the album is more compact for Doom Metal hovering around the eight-minute mark per song. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Rob Zombie – The Great Satan


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Perhaps you are still hanging onto the memory of White Zombie? This might have even kept you from being able to embrace Rob Zombie’s solo work. I can relate, but I am here to tell you that the more that passed between the release of “Astro-Creep 2000” and his current projects, the easier it is to gain the perspective that there is not much difference, and he kind of just picked up where he left off. With The Great Satan (Nuclear Blast Records), there is the more aggressive heaviness that marks days past, with a renewed energy to deliver these apocalyptic hymns.  Continue reading →


CONCERT REVIEW: Gideon – Grove Street – Xile – Still In Love Live at Rebellion


It seems there’s to be no rest for the crazy kids of Manchester’s hardcore scene as we once again file into the settling haze of Rebellion in anticipation of what promises to be one very intense night of action. With just enough time to stretch out the last of the previous night’s aches, courtesy of local hardcore stars Going Off we are ready to start all over again as the first of our four acts take to the stage.

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