Cave In – Perfect Pitch Black (Hydra Head) My main thought when considering this album is a positive one. I choose not to dwell on the opinion I have that this is far from their best (2000s amazing Jupiter), and instead on the fact that this album very nearly didn’t exist. Word got out atContinue reading “Thirty-eight”
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Thirty-nine
High On Fire – Blessed Black Wings (Relapse) The second full length from Matt ‘Sleep’ Pike’s current band throws a relative curveball for his long-time stoner fans. ‘Devilution’ opens things up with a battering drum intro that leads into such concentrated guitar attack that its staccato riffery is essentially Thrash Metal. The screaming, Lemmy-meets-early Hetfield,Continue reading “Thirty-nine”
Forty
Foetus – Love (Birdman) The man who should rightly be referred to as Reznor’s daddy* (both in terms of chronology and quality) is now more than a mere Industrialist. He has been for a while, to be honest, but historically his more experimental tendencies have taken the form of non-Foetus projects like Manorexia and SteroidContinue reading “Forty”
Forty-one
M.I.A. – Arular (XL) The most hyped artists of a particular year are the ones most likely to endure a polarity of opinion. Those seeking to capture the zeitgeist love the artist because it’s cool to do so; those who would be dissident hate the artist because that other group loves them. And when theContinue reading “Forty-one”
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