Reviews 80 SCARS ON BROADWAY DO BETTER THAN THEIR SH*TTY, SH*TTY BAND NAME MAY SUGGEST August 7th, 2008 at 2:18pm Sammy O'Hagar I know the phrase “guilty pleasure” gets thrown around a […]
Reviews 180 NORMA JEAN’S THE ANTI-MOTHER IS A SNORE DE FORCE August 4th, 2008 at 2:52pm Axl Rosenberg Ever had really good foreplay followed by really mediocre sex? […]
Reviews 360 STRAIGHT LINE STITCH’S WHEN SKIES WASH ASHORE IS THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION August 4th, 2008 at 12:17pm MetalSucks I knew that day would come. There I was having […]
Reviews 60 WALLS OF JERICHO AIM FOR THE BOTTOM BY WAY OF THE MIDDLE WITH THE AMERICAN DREAM July 30th, 2008 at 2:00pm Sammy O'Hagar It’s arguably true that being unoriginal or sickeningly mediocre is […]
Reviews 30 MOSS’S SUB TEMPLUM ROCKS AT THE SPEED OF… MOSS July 30th, 2008 at 10:32am MetalSucks Y’know when the last time I smoked weed was? June […]
Reviews 5040 ONE-WAY MIRROR REFLECT GOTHENBURG, ELECTRO AND ALT-METAL IN DEBUT July 29th, 2008 at 10:47am Vince Neilstein With One-Way Mirror, the not-quite supergroup of European metal not-quite […]
Reviews 50 SOULFLY’S CONQUER: IN WITH THE OLD, OUT WITH THE NU July 28th, 2008 at 11:00am MetalSucks Just in case Max Cavalera’s reunion with his brother Igor […]
Reviews 270 DRAGONFORCE SLIGHTLY EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS ON ULTRA BEATDOWN July 23rd, 2008 at 11:44am Sammy O'Hagar DragonForce, like most good bands, either hits you the right […]
Reviews 40 DISGORGE MEXICO: A SUMMER GLASS OF GRIND FROM F*CK THE FACTS July 21st, 2008 at 12:25pm MetalSucks Welcome to Grind Aficionado, for the connoisseur with taste for […]
Reviews 20 DAYLIGHT DIES WRITE CAREER MASTERWORK WITH LOST TO THE LIVING July 18th, 2008 at 11:12am MetalSucks “Doom” always seemed like a silly name for a style […]
Reviews 40 AMERICAN ME KICK ASS, TAKE NAMES, KICK MORE ASS July 17th, 2008 at 10:21am Sammy O'Hagar Though action movies are usually geared toward the “SMASH THINGS!” […]
Reviews 60 IHSAHN’S GONNA MAKE IT AFTER ALL July 14th, 2008 at 12:26pm Sammy O'Hagar There’s a long history of a front man striking out […]
Reviews 50 NEURAXIS ARE THE SONS OF NORTHERN HEAVY July 10th, 2008 at 11:01am MetalSucks Not too far north of the MetalSucks Mansion, in a […]
Reviews 90 WHITECHAPEL REACH THE MODEST HEIGHTS OF BETTER-THAN-MOST ON THIS IS EXILE July 7th, 2008 at 10:29am Sammy O'Hagar What a ridiculously desensitized world we live in where an […]
Reviews 290 NACHTMYSIUM’S ASSASSINS: BLACK MEDDLE PART 1 IS A SOLID LINK BETWEEN PSYCHEDELIA AND BLACK METAL July 1st, 2008 at 3:18pm Sammy O'Hagar “A Seed for Suffering,” the first proper song on Nachtmystium’s […]
Reviews 210 THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY: A QUICK LOOK AT NEW ALBUMS FROM MADE OUT OF BABIES, MOTLEY CRUE, AND ABORTED June 24th, 2008 at 3:12pm Axl Rosenberg There’s some interesting releases coming out today, and I’ve been […]
Reviews 7300 HATCHET’S AWAITING EVIL IS ANOTHER SO-SO ENTRY TO THE THRASH REVIVAL CANON June 4th, 2008 at 11:05am Vince Neilstein While I’m not sure I agree with Iann Robinson’s claim […]
Reviews 320 ON NEW ALBUM WATERSHED, OPETH KEEPS IT SIMPLE, ALBEIT BRUTAL, AND BANDLEADER MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT PRESENTS US WITH SOME OF THE CHEESIEST LYRICS SINCE JOURNEY June 3rd, 2008 at 2:37pm Kip Wingerschmidt Yes, that’s right- Journey. I will give specific examples below… […]
Reviews 0 KATAKLYSM AND METAL PREVAIL May 28th, 2008 at 2:51pm Axl Rosenberg Canada’s Kataklysm are one of those bands that don’t necessarily […]
Reviews 40 UNBLESSING THE PURITY: BLOODBATH’S SWANO SONG May 19th, 2008 at 11:31am Axl Rosenberg Swedish death metal supergroup Bloodbath have returned with a four […]
