Older. Heavier. No apologies.
Every Friday, new music drops. Most Fridays, there is music that I am interested in. Each week that there are new releases that I find interesting—for whatever reason—I like to share those. Here are this week’s drops. Sevendust – One Yes, Sevendust is still around. If, like me, you cut your teeth on albums like…
Review: Archspire – Too Fast to Die I haven’t always like music as extreme as Archspire. It’s been a journey. I’ve always loved the sound of a distorted electric guitar. Drums fascinate me and I tried to learn to play the drums during a summer band camp my mother enrolled me in. Sadly, they didn’t…
Notable Releases 4/24/2026 After many weeks with something of interest, last week there was nada. Nothing at all. It was almost weird not having new music to listen to. This week? A little different. It was a big week in the world of metal. A bittersweet release dropped, and we were all holding our breath,…
I can’t pretend to list all the myriad albums that are released every week. Each week there are albums I am interested in checking out, I share those here. This week is one I have been looking forward to for months. And I think it would have resulted in my album of the year, except…
Slave Machine isn’t an album from a band that has something to prove. Nervosa doesn’t feel the need to prove anything to anyone. They know they kick ass. They know that they are incredible musicians and songwriters. They’ve been at it for well over a decade. They are established, vital, and on Slave Machine, they…
These last few weeks have really been a bit of whiplash. A couple of weeks ago, we had six big releases (all dwarfed by Neurosis), then last week, only one. This week, we are back to another six notable releases. Again, far more albums were released, these are just the ones that jumped out at…
Exodus is an institution. They’ve been around for decades and have been instrumental in the development and evolution of American thrash metal. Gary Holt is a riff master supreme. There is a reason he was tapped to replace Jeff Hanneman in Slayer due to his illness and untimely passing. But, while they are an essential…
After the complete overwhelm that was last week, this week decided to go easy on me. Of course, there were more albums that came out, but only one that was on my radar and something I wanted to check out. Winterfylleth — The Unyielding Season Over the last decade, black metal has emerged as one…
Steve Von Till’s tortured screams rip open the wound we had forgotten we had, laying bare the truths we tried to hide. But there is no healing in hiding. No reconciliation in refusing to see the ugliness of our reality. And, as Neurosis has done time and again, they remind us that the harsh light…
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Visceral. That is one hell of a word. It just works. So well. And once you understand the etymology of it, it hits even harder. Viscera. Organs. You know, those wet things that are sloshing around inside of you. Guts. Lamb of God writes music I can only describe as visceral. It hits you in…
