When the criminally unheralded career of underground doom icons Saint Vitus whimpered to an inglorious…
Saint Vitus – Lillie: F-65 (2012)
Ministry – Relapse (2012)
And, we’re back. Four years after leader Al Jourgensen put Ministry to rest, supposedly for good, Relapse crawls out of the sewer. Recovery…
Flying Colors – Flying Colors (2012)
The 2012 debut album from prog and pop/rock supergroup Flying Colors features a bevy of virtuoso musicians including former Endochine and…
Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light, Vol. 2 (2012)
The second volume in Earth’s Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light series is an extension of its predecessor’s experiments, though it is far more fluid and improvisatory. Where the…
Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light, Vol. 1 (2011)
When Dylan Carlson resurrected Earth after a five-year break, he also reinvented their sound. Gone were the crushing, devastatingly slow, blown-out guitar and bass drones…
Deftones – Koi No Yokan (2012)
Though the band emerged on the fringes of nü-metal, one of metal’s more unfortunate pushes into the mainstream, Deftones’ steady shift toward a more artful, experimental sound has made them…
Therapy? – A Brief Crack of Light
Determined to hold on to their status as Northern Ireland’s most raucous rock act, Therapy?’s 13th studio album, A Brief Crack of Light, shows that…
We Came as Romans – Understanding What We’ve Grown to Be (2011)
Understanding What We’ve Grown to Be is the second studio album by We Came as Romans. It was released on September 13, 2011 through Equal Vision Records. It…
Dark Suns – Orange (2011)
Orange is the fourth studio album by the German progressive metal band, Dark Suns. This album largely abandons the…
Biohazard – Reborn in Defiance (2011)
Reborn in Defiance is the ninth studio album by American band Biohazard. It is the final album to feature founding member and…
Primus – Green Naugahyde (2011)
With that rare combination of virtuosity and humor, Primus have always been able to push the envelope creatively without ever falling victim to…
Anathema – Falling Deeper (2011)
Given Anathema’s gradual transformation from doom metal merchants to sophisticated prog rockers…
Anathema – Weather Systems (2012)
After their second detour into greatest hitsville, Falling Deeper, Liverpool’s Anathema return with a true…
Kittie – I’ve Failed You (2011)
Canadian heavy metal goddesses Kittie have been kicking out a respectable racket of goth-tinged, nu-metal…
The Offspring – Days Go By (2012)
The Offspring return with Days Go By, their ninth album, as well as the first to feature drum work from newest drummer Pete Parada. Plagued…
The Offspring – The Offspring (1989)
The Offspring’s self-titled debut album is a rawer, harder-edged collection than their breakthrough set, Smash, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a…
The Offspring – Ignition (1993)
Ignition is the second studio album by the American punk rock band The Offspring. It was the second Offspring album produced…
The Offspring – Smash (1994)
The Offspring’s second album for Epitaph did the impossible: it landed in the Top Five, unheard of for independent records. The Offspring crossed over due…
The Offspring – Ixnay on the Hombre (1997)
The Offspring may have been a product of the Southern California hardcore scene, but their instincts have always been more metal than…
The Offspring – Americana (1998)
With integrity intact and a hearty combination of poppy punk and wit throughout, the Offspring’s fifth album is a raucous ride through…
The Offspring – Conspiracy of One (2000)
Contrary to the popular belief of music critics, listeners and artists alike, a band that doesn’t deviate from its genre on its albums isn’t musically…
The Offspring – Splinter (2003)
It’s more mixing of stylized punk revival and hybridism with left-field musical experimentation and in-the-now pop culture lyrical references on…
The Offspring – Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008)
It’s not that the Offspring sound behind the times on their eighth album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace — it’s that they sound disconnected…
Green Day – 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours (1991)
When Green Day’s first album appeared, anyone predicting that fame, MTV, top-selling albums, and more would be on the horizon in the near future…