K-pop legend Kim Jaejoong’s J-pop career has been continually active, but it’s been two years since he last released a Korean album. He’s made the comeback worth the wait with a full thirteen-track opus, including guests as diverse as Mamamoo’s Moonbyul and J-pop star Miyavi.… Read More »Song Review: Kim Jaejoong – Glorious Day
B.D.U is a project group spawned from MNET’s reality show Build Up: Vocal Boy Group Survivor and consists of M.O.N.T’s Bitsaeon, CIX’s Seung Hun, One Pact’s Jay Chang and trainee Kim Minseo. While I love the idea of a show focused on K-pop’s often-underutilized vocalists,… Read More »Song Review: B.D.U – My One
Following its 2022 release, Earthtorn, New Jersey-based doom metal project Drift Into Black returns with its fifth full-length album, Voices Beneath the Rubble. What started as a solo project by Craig Rossi (ex-Grey Skies Fallen) has now become a full-fledged band. With the addition of… Read More »Full Album Stream: Drift Into Black – ‘Voices Beneath the Rubble’
Where they from? Halen, Belgium. Holy shit, how about those Oilers? They gave it a ride in the Stanley Cup final against Edmonton and fought their way back from being down 3-0 to tie the series tied at three games a piece. But nothing good… Read More »Blast Worship: Dahmer Duck
Technical death metal crushers Cognitive are back with a new release, Abhorrence, their debut for Metal Blade Records. This is their fifth album and the follow-up to 2021’s breakthrough, Malevolent Thoughts of a Hastened Extinction. The New Jersey band are known for their progressive songwriting, and… Read More »Interview: COGNITIVE on the Process Behind New Album ‘Abhorrence’