Tagged issue-9

Soilwork "“A Predator’s Portrait”" (Nuclear Blast) I'’ve been told that people are libel to get a little crazy if the find out I got the latest from Swedish act Soilwork, “A Predator’s Portrait”...

Swan "“Pathogen”" (Synthetic Biological Research) Swan is sort of Man is the Bastard meets Tool, but in a good way. Two voices during most of the songs.  One is a scream the other a higher pitched,...

Tracy + The Plastics "“Muscler’s Guide to Videonics”" (Chainsaw Records) What the hell IS this?  Tracy + The Plastics (the Plastics referring to her keyboard + sampler and drum machine) is an exercise...

Trick Daddy "“Thugs Are Us”" (Slip-N-Slide / Atlantic Records) Like most rap albums nowadays, this album is more of a compilation album of the whole Slip-N-Slide family than it is a solo album of Trick...

Waterdown "“Draw a Smiling Face”" (Two Friends Recordings) This tantalizingly short, four song EP from Germany’s Waterdown gives a taste of good things to come from the land of sausages and nice cars....

Various Artists "“The Worldwide Tribute to The Real Oi”" (I Scream Records / Triple Crown Records) “TWTTTRO” contains some of today’s best hardcore bands paying a long overdue tribute to their Oi...

Marz "“Lung Fu Mo She”" (E-Magine Entertainment, Inc.) Finally someone has it right.  Not to say that every one of you rap-metal bands out there has it wrong, but for once there’s a successful effort...

Pete Bejarano of KDST - interview by rinaldo home A offering back to Metal, for all the uncompromising...

Nonpoint "“Statement”" (MCA Records) A friend recently warned me about a news report he saw on TV concerning music and kids, stating “You now, there’s a lot of stuff out there they say can be bad for...

The Peacocks "“Angel”" (Asian Man Records) The Peacocks seem to pull their style from the cream of every decade since the Great Depression. The general drive is definitely punk and rockabilly, but the...