Eclectic Vibes
by Andrew Frey
Ryan Montbleau band - Patience on Friday
Ryan Montbleau bandPatience on Friday
Label: Self Released
This album, a tribute to the band’s good friend and backup drummer Denis Babin who died in 2006, shows off a zippy, zesty, robust and charismatic singer/songwriter with his band strutting a stoic resonance with a sturdy stance.
• Ryan Montbleau band Website • Ryan Montbleau band WikiDub Trio - Another Sound Is Dying
Dub TrioAnother Sound Is Dying
Label: Ipecac Recordings
Swirling metal, reggae, dub, jazz and a sphincter load of talent together with unscrupulous sounds in an elevator shaft of musical potential that also swings the fulcrum of nefarious fanaticism to produce outlandish yet cohesive results in a Melvins kinda way.
• Dub Trio Website • Dub Trio WikiKick To Tha Head - As We Think So We Are
Kick To Tha HeadAs We Think So We Are
Label: Turkey Vulture Records
Spurting raw punk rhythms coalesced by hardcore attitude, these short yet intense and guttural emanations examine pain and aggression via a curmudgeonous introversion of fantastic frivolity.
Mannhai - Hellroad Caravan
MannhaiHellroad Caravan
Label: Locomotive Spain Records
Heavy groove rockers from Finland with ex-Amorphis front man Pasi Koskinen handling the vocal crooning and cajoling. Their stoner rhythms have a tendency of headbanging their way into my heart and CD player.
• Mannhai Website • Mannhai WikiNo Redeeming Social Value - Still Drinking
No Redeeming Social ValueStill Drinking
Label: Dead City Records
Determined to live up to their name, these unabashedly confrontational and alcoholic fueled New York Hardcore addicts hammer home a gaggle of humorously juvenile songs, with titles and concepts to frame their unredeemable status.
• No Redeeming Social Value WebsiteVanishing Point - The Fourth Season
Vanishing PointThe Fourth Season
Label: Locomotive Records
Australian born melodic metal with synth and actual singing. Hints of goth and a mixture of progressive and power metal elements manage to magnificently funnel the guitar riffs into a formidable force that has been seen around the globe.
• Vanishing Point Website • Vanishing Point WikiYellworc - Icolation
YellworcIcolation
Label: Metropolis Records
Dark and creepy gothic industrial perturbed by prickly electronic tantalizations of unforeseen atmospheres in a realm of unrequited synthetic love and hate. Icolaiton is the conceptual continuation of the infernal “Trinity- journey.”
• Yellworc Website • Yellworc WikiAfter All - This Violent Decline
After AllThis Violent Decline
Label: Locomotive Records
Sturdy, powerful, galloping, and thrash-attacking guitar riffs propel this head banging Belgium juggernaut. The vocals are gruff, but understandable and quite appropriate, for the power metal they purvey.
• After All WebsiteBleeder Project - The Systematic Subversion of Fear and Insecurity
Bleeder ProjectThe Systematic Subversion of Fear and Insecurity
Label: Toystaar Records
Gabriel Scott is the prolific front man at the helm of this project that focuses on heavy industrial rock and strong early Nine Inch Nails-like angst with pop hooks to it.
• The Bleeder Project WebsiteBongzilla - Nuggets
BongzillaNuggets
Label: Barbarian Records
Barbarian records has coughed up some more purple haze-induced sludge muffins in the form of this expanded reissue of singles, splits and comp tracks from Madison’s ultra stoners. Expectantly titled tracks tickle and trickle stoner humor to the consumer.
• Bongzilla WikiFoetopsy - In The Bathroom
FoetopsyIn The Bathroom
Label: Barbarian Records
Absolutely sick, twisted and spastic grind core. Containing gurgled vocals, repulsive lyrical concepts and a big fat zero in the redeeming social value category. Not for the weak of stomach or mind.
Hermano - Into the Exam Room
HermanoInto the Exam Room
Label: Regain Records
Mega groovy hard rock and acoustic rock congealed from members of several stoner rock outfits and put together over long distances. At the helm is former Kyuss vocalist, John Garcia, guiding this herd to great heights.
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