'Book of Bad Decisions' continues Clutch's always reliable and consistent output of hard-driving rock and roll - with elements of funk, the blues, and a surprise or two.
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Music Review: Cordova – ‘Runaway Summer’ EP
'Runaway Summer' offers better than average hard rock.
Read More »Music Review: Henry Metal – ‘War in Heaven’ Offers Pulsating Metal, Stellar Riffs
'War in Heaven' is a heavy-duty album, especially for fans of metal. Original melodies, pulsing with energy and vibrating rhythms, are anything but derivative. Henry Metal’s voice retains a presumptuous vitality that works well, and his talent on the axe is superb – great shredding and ascendant riffs.
Read More »Music Review: Living Colour – ‘Shade’
By any means, 'Shade' is an impressive achievement that few bands 30 years into their career can ever hope to achieve. It may not replace their classic releases, but it absolutely belongs right next to them.
Read More »Music Review: Uriah Heep – ‘Look at Yourself’ [2017 Remastered 2CD Edition]
With just seven songs totaling 40 minutes, prog metal forefathers Uriah Heep created a monster of a record that has lost none of its meaty charm over time. The "alternate look" at the album that comprises the 11-track bonus disc adds a fuller picture of this era of one of early hard rock/metal's most overlooked acts.
Read More »Music Review: Clutch – ‘Psychic Warfare’
Just two short years after recording one of the best albums of 2013 (and of their career), the almighty Maryland hard rockers are back with more hard-hitting tracks to rock out to.
Read More »Music Review: Sonic Disorder – ‘Human Kind’
Armed with a new singer, Boston hard rock band Sonic Disorder brings the usual heavy goods along with some new sounds to their long-awaited new and second album.
Read More »Music Review: Rooftop Revolutionaries – ‘White’ EP
On 'White,' by the Rooftop Revolutionaries, lead singer Eleanor Goldfield provides wailing, throat-ripping vocals. Imagine a hybrid of Joan Jett and Patty Smyth pumped up on performance enhancing substances.
Read More »Music Review: Attik Door – ‘Never in Agreement’
Attik Door’s 'Never in Agreement' would fill the void of those who miss the early days of No Doubt.
Read More »In Praise of the Wolf: Steppenwolf for a New Generation
Steppenwolf was a hard-driving '60s band that younger generations should explore beyond the hits.
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