ALBUM REVIEW: Green Lung – Necropolitan


British Neo-Classic Rock band Green Lung perform the ultimate tribute to Black Sabbath and NWOBHM pioneers with Necropolitan, the latest from Nuclear Blast Records – and it’s a banger.

“Open the Helmouth” slowly brings you into the album, a spooky chant on slow riffs, building to “Dance to the Grave,” an upbeat Sabbath-esque rant against what AI and far-right technocrats are doing to us and the planet. Excellent sing-along with a monster guitar solo (I think so, it ends a bit Theramin-y as it ends. Continue reading


ALBUM REVIEW: Airborn – Utopia


In the before times, I enjoyed a band called Airbourne. I’m pretty sure they were Australian, and they sounded remarkably like AC/DC. Highly recommended. So, on the list of available albums, I saw Airborn‘s Lizard Secrets Part 3: Utopia (Fighter Records) and figured I’d give it a shot. Very glad I did. This Italian group delivers a Power Metal tour de force. Bonus, the vocals pitch up in a range most of us can reach.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Pamplemousse – Porcelain


 

Sporting more fuzz than a Pomeranian, Pamplemousse‘s Porcelain (A Tant Rêver du Roi) shows its Grunge and Garage roots. Sporting heavy guitar distortion and ample drums (it’s a duo), these thirty-nine minutes cruise by.

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