Secret are one of those second-gen groups whose output completely pre-dates this blog. Over the years, I’ve reviewed exactly one of their songs through a retrospective feature, and to be honest their discography has never done much for me. Today, two of the group’s members… Read More »Song Review: Secret – Ice Cream
It’s not often you hear death growls juxtaposed next to smooth saxophone lines, but Swedish avant-garde/progressive death metal outfit Gold Spire navigate this musical territory quite nimbly on their second full-length, Steps Into Shadow. This quintet—Arvid Sjödin (vocals), Erik Sundström (drums/keyboards/backing vocals), Påhl Sundström (guitars), Magnus Kjellstrand… Read More »Full Album Stream: Gold Spire –Steps Into Shadow
Where they from? Charlotte, North Carolina. The New York Knicks are NBA champions. Say no more, no less. They got it done. I can only dream of the day when the Jets finally pull a championship out of their ass (probably 3,000 years from now).… Read More »Blast Worship: MERC
Cold Blue Mountain are not exactly thinking small on The Healer. The Chico, California post-metal quintet’s new double album is a 74-minute concept record tracing the rise of Grigori Rasputin from grief-stricken peasant mystic to royal-court power broker, turning Russian historical obsession into a massive… Read More »Album Premiere: Cold Blue Mountain – The Healer
There are a number of acts who have debuted in the past few decades and have dozens of song ratings on this blog. I thought it would be fun to lay these ratings out in chronological order, line-graph style, and take a macro view of… Read More »DAL SHABET: A Career In Song Ratings