Chart titan IU is back with a special remake album, following up her original work last year. As much as I would have loved it, Never Ending Story is not a cover of the 1984 Limahl hit from the film of the same name. I… Read More »Song Review: IU – Never Ending Story
To mark the first release on vinyl of Irish black metalers Horrenda‘s second full length, Díoltas, we’re streaming in full this blistering experimental black metal assault, and letting the band take us through a track-by-track discussion of the reissue. Originally released independently on cassette and… Read More »Full Album Stream: Horrenda –Díoltas
Los Angeles death metal crew Putrescent introduced themselves to the world two years ago with the EP Inhuman Infestation and now they’re back to show what they can do on a full-length album. Clocking in at eight songs, Darkness Embraced is a slab of pure, no-frills death metal, some of which… Read More »Track Premiere: Putrescent – ‘Sepulchral Desecration’
We’re going deep into the Peruvian metal underground to offer up a full stream from instrumental stoner-psych-doom trio, El Jefazo. Their fuzzed-out, down-tuned third album, Colision Brutal, is six tracks of experimental sludge with a definite psychedelic bent. Songs are peppered with sampled dialog and the guitars… Read More »Full Album Stream: El Jefazo –Colision Brutal
Though I had waited years for KickFlip’s debut, the resulting music left me mostly cold. It’s clear that JYP Entertainment wants to give them a youthful, rebellious concept, but the songs felt like they could have been delivered by any other boy group of this… Read More »Song Review: KickFlip – Freeze