PREVIEW: New Music Friday – Rock and Metal Releases for 11-29-24


Covering all the important subgenres, it’s New Music Friday: The Rock and Metal Releases for 11-29-24! Who has the best cover artwork this week?Continue reading


ALBUM REVIEW: Conjonctive – Misère de Poussière


Swiss death metallers Conjonctive have released Misère de Poussière (Tenacity Music), an album that features their dual vocalists Randy Schaller from Voice Of Ruin and Sonia Kaya. Unlike many European Death Metal bands, there is a bouncing groove to their sound at times that might bring to mind the rougher moments of a band like Slipknot. Not that the band is trying to hop on the Nu-Metal revival train; things like the tremolo-picked guitars prove to the contrary. Though with ample Black Metal influence, aggression is more of a focus than a worship of darkness. They are skilled at delivering deliberate accents to provide more hooks than just battering your senses.Continue reading


ALBUM REVIEW: Polar – Five Arrows


It seemed as if it was the end for the Guildford-based Metalcore stalwarts Polar after having lost a lot of members of the original band in 2023. 

Not content with letting the band be put to rest, Adam Woodford decided to bring on a whole new team and carry on the passion project. Continue reading


ALBUM REVIEW: 10,000 Years – All Quiet On The Final Frontier


Sweden truly is a melting pot for all sorts of high-octane Stoner Metal acts – Monolord, Graveyard, Hällas, Greenleaf, Void Commander; you name it. It is almost like the ideal home for acid trip-inducing slow-paced riffs. Even back in 2021, the label/collective Weedian curated a compilation album consisting of the finest psychedelic haze-laden Stoner Metal bands hailing from Sweden, entitled Trip to Sweden. One of the bands featured on the gnarly lineup of that compilation, the Västerås-bound 10,000 Years, are actually the one whose latest release I’m reviewing today.Continue reading


PODCAST: Episode 594 – The Power Hour – October Recap and Album of The Month with Keefy 


 

The gloom of fall is here, but at least we have great music! The Power Hour is back with just Chief Editor Ghost Cult Keefy! We look back at albums released in October 2024, and a forecast of new music out this month.  Continue reading