Music
Review: Reality Crisis – Who Is Your Messiah?
REALITY CRISIS WHO IS YOUR MESSIAH? Crust War This sounds a lot like Conflict when they used to write two-minute anthems instead of lengthy anarcho-epics. Of course, being a Crust War band, Reality Crisis turns the “crud” settings on their amps up to 11 and gouges eardrums with their Extreme Noise Terror-inspired screaming. Still, there’s
Review: Effigy – Grinding Metal Massacre
Effigy Grinding Metal Massacre Crust War Side A starts with a somber intro that builds up to a plodding, heavy pace, just like Amebix. The main riff sounds a lot like Antisect, so Effigy is still within crust-punk territory. Uh oh; the thrash metal riff just started. The singer sounds like he did time in
Review: Zoe – From Hell
ZOE FROM HELL Crust War They’ve been described as “total Amebix-worshipping raw biker metal punk,” and all I’d have to add is, “with Slayer solos!” The recording is raw but really full. Zoe sounds like they’re always on the verge of full-on thrash metal but constantly stick to straightforward drum beats and riffs instead of
Review: Battery Cage – World Wide Wasteland
BATTERY CAGE WORLD WIDE WASTELAND Metropolis 4/5 In the midst of twisted and evolved Industrial genres, have you ever wondered what happened to Industrial? Battery Cage has some answers with their first release on Metropolis, World Wide Wasteland. The perfect amounts of guitar and electronics unite to make a powerful Industrial album. It starts with
Review: Displacer – Arroyo
DISPLACER ARROYO M-tronic 4.5/5 It has only been a little more than a year since Displacer made his mark on the IDM scene with Moon_Phase and he is already back with his second masterpiece, Arroyo. Eleven original tracks feature beautiful soundscapes with delicate rhythms, making Arroyo a “must-have” for fans of Beefcake, Lapsed and Gridlock.
Review: Beefcake – Viande De Gateau
BEEFCAKE VIANDE DE GATEAU Delikatessan Records 5/5 Viande De Gateau has got to be the biggest tease of this year. This 10″ vinyl contains a mere four delicious tracks that are incredibly satisfying, but will leave you craving more. It begins with “gv-001-2003″, super glitchy pops and break beats and lasts only four and a
Review: Totakeke – At The Train Station On A Saturday...
TOTAKEKE AT THE TRAIN STATION ON A SATURDAY EVENING Frozen Empire Media 5/5 Totakeke’s Frank Morkros knows how to please an audience that craves beats and bass with blissfully dark atmospheres. Not even a year has passed since Lament, the first EP, showed us that Morkros’ talent didn’t stop at his other projects, Synth-etik and
Review: Indigo – There’s Only You
INDIGO “THERE’S ONLY YOU” Swing City Records From one of my top five favorite labels comes another wonderful gem of soulful loving, breakin’ down the true sounds of quality house: Indigo. It was produced by Martin “Mayhem” Ikin (worked with Tom Gianelli on Soul Purpose Records) with his Indigo project for the three release on
Review: Groove Junkies Feat. Solara – Sunshine
GROOVE JUNKIES FEAT. SOLARA “SUNSHINE (SOL BRILLANTE)” MoreHouse Records Thank the lord for the Groove Junkies! Finally, the highly anticipated follow-up to the smash hit “Deeper” is here—no more worries. Once again, it’s the season for some of the best releases to be produced and this is in my top five. Featuring the sexy and
Review: E-Man – Slangin (Remixes)
E-MAN “SLANGIN (REMIXES)” Jellybean Soul Records From the Jellybean Soul label comes another hot track for summer. Originally produced by E-man and Jon Cutler (remember the duo worked on “It’s Yours” for Chez Music), this latest mix consist of the expert help of Marlon D and Tedd Patterson (did you catch him last month in