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ALBUM REVIEW: Neurosis – An Undying Love For a Burning World

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The final seal of the end times has been broken to reveal the herald of the Apocalypse, and that herald has been revealed as An Undying Love For a Burning World (Neurot Records), the surprise new album from sludge icons Neurosis. This band disappeared into an uneasy sunset following some mental health issues by founding member Scott Kelly. It was an odd goodbye that left fair-weather fans not even speaking the band’s name. However, in any serious sludge metal circles, not even the return of Acid Bath could make one forget that the sludge genre was left with a Neurosis sized hole, since they defined the genre in the Neurosis. Continue reading →


Sleep Leaks End of Year Shows in Chicago, Teases Going on Hiatus

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Doom Metal greats Sleep have leaked three shows for the end of 2019 in Chicago at Thalia Hall. The band also shared a cryptic message to social media, teasing the band going on a possible indefinite hiatus. No official announcement has been made, but Facebook events for the three shows appeared this weekend (11/10/2019). The band returned from an eleven-year hiatus in 2009, and have toured semi-regularly for years, releasing a live album – Denver Colorado, The Clarity single (2014), an incredible full-length album The Sciences in 2018, the Leagues Beneath single (also 2018) and a second live album, Live at Third Man Records, released as part of Third Man’s exclusive Vault series. The band also played a career-spanning series of shows at 2019’s Roadburn Festival. Hopefully, this is not the end of the band, just the end of the band for now while the members’ other projects such as OM, High On Fire, and Neurosis come to the fore. Continue reading →


Sleep – The Sciences

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Like many phenomena in science, you can barely predict when it will happen, and even when you can, you are not always ready for it. Kind of like a comet, a unique blooming flower, or a blue moon, the rarest of events will make you appreciate being alive but also question your reality. If you experience a once in a lifetime event, count yourself lucky indeed. Fans of doom legends Sleep fans counted themselves lucky when the band, long dormant, came back to life in 2009. Since reforming, most would have been happy with just glorious live performances, insane volume in their ears, and all that weed smoke filling their lungs. But the band had other plans. After the single The Clarity (Adult Swim Singles), the band has been promising us a new album. Surprise releasing the album on 4/20 with one’s days’ notice is forgivable if you are this band only. Continue reading →