Another monthly installment of More Guitar In The Monitor where we extol the virtues of some killer new metal releases… Them Bulls – Them Bulls There are rock purists that feel that stoner rock is too…well, rock…to be swallowed under the blackening umbrella of heavy metal. Those purists don’t understand the history of metal … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – September 2016
Our monthly look at the non-metal albums that have been in recent heavy rotation… Darkher – Realms I wanted to badly to give this album the full review treatment (hell, I still might) because honestly there have been few albums this year I’ve listened to as often as Realms. U.K.’s Darkher, the alias for … More More (Non-Metal) Guitar in the Monitor – September 2016
2014 was a great year for heavy music. Hell, the return of EyeHateGod alone was worth the price of admission. But the most startling release that year, the one that has stuck around like the grief of a lost love came from Portland’s Muscle and Marrow. The Human Cry was a stunning array of esoteric … More Review: Muscle and Marrow – Love
Do you like your rock with an edge? Do you like it sounding like it should be played in a bar that has a strip club neighboring it on one side and a pot dispensary on the other, and not so secret hallways that lead to both? Maybe a place where people still smoke and … More Review: Black Wail – All You Can Eat
There can be no light without darkness. There can be no joy without pain. It is the way of the universe, the juxtaposition of our brightest days and our darkest nights keeping the Earth spinning in perpetuity. But beauty does not exist in a vacuum. On the contrary, our bleakest hours can at times be … More Review: Amber Asylum – Sin Eater
I know a place in my dreams where you can be a star… Do you believe in destiny? Do you believe that some things are just meant to be? We travel through life making left and right turns, careening around corners, often mistakenly avoiding what we need the most. But what if some paths are … More Review: Violent Mae – Kid
One of the unwritten rules of reviewing albums, or really of most any ‘journalistic’ piece, is to not write in the first person. Over the last few years I’ve reviewed hundreds of albums for multiple sites and until this review I’ve never felt the need to break that proverbial fourth wall. But when sitting down … More Review: Kristian Harting – Summer Of Crush
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