For Black Veil Brides’ first outing with Universal Republic, they tone back the emo-punk dramatics, and let their ‘80s…
Black Veil Brides – Set the World on Fire (2011)
Black Veil Brides – We Stitch These Wounds (2010)
Following the YouTube clatter for their video “Knives and Pens,” Black Veil Brides’ first release, We Stitch These Wounds, finds…
Murderdolls – Women and Children Last… And Revenge Was the Main Course (2010)
Murderdolls are a collaboration between Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison (who moved over to guitar for this project) and Static-X guitarist Tripp Eisen…
Guns N’ Roses – Chinese Democracy (2008)
To put Chinese Democracy in some perspective: it arrives 17 years after the twin Use Your Illusion, the last set of original music by Guns N’ Roses…
Guns N’ Roses – The Spaghetti Incident? (1993)
As punk albums go, The Spaghetti Incident? lacks righteous anger and rage. As Guns N’ Roses albums go, it’s a complete delight, returning…
Guns N’ Roses – Use Your Illusion II (1991)
Use Your Illusion II is more serious and ambitious than I, but it’s also considerably more pretentious. Featuring no less than four songs that run over six minutes…
Guns N’ Roses – Use Your Illusion I (1991)
The “difficult second album” is one of the perennial rock & roll clichés, but few second albums ever were as difficult as Use Your Illusion. Not really conceived as…
Guns N’ Roses – G N’ R Lies (1988)
Once Appetite for Destruction finally became a hit in 1988, Guns N’ Roses bought some time by delivering the half-old/half-new LP G N’ R Lies as a follow-up…
Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction (1987)
Guns N’ Roses’ debut, Appetite for Destruction was a turning point for hard rock in the late ’80s — it was a dirty, dangerous, and mean record in a time when heavy metal…