1. Nux Vomica – Nux Vomica (Relapse)
2. At the Gates – At War With Reality (Century Media)
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Archive for the Reviews Category
Best Albums Of 2014: Nux Vomica, At The Gates, Harakiri For The Sky
Posted in Album Reviews, Lists, Reviews, Sound Off on 12/20/2014 by Kurt OrzeckBest Albums Of 2013: Agrimonia, ASG, Beneath The Tides
Posted in Album Reviews, Lists, Reviews on 12/30/2013 by Kurt Orzeck
Best Albums Of 2012: Cloud Nothings, Woods of Ypres, Be’lakor
Posted in Album Reviews, Lists, Reviews, Sound Off with tags belakor, Black Breath, cloud nothings, Converge, demonical, goatwhore, Gojira, High on Fire, metz, Woods of Ypres on 01/01/2013 by Kurt Orzeck
1. Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory (Carpark)
2. Woods of Ypres – Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light (Earache)
• “Woods Of Ypres’ David Gold And Crash Test Dummies’ Brad Roberts: Doppelgängers”
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Best Metal Albums Of 2010: Black Anvil, Black Breath, Withered, Down, Howl, More
Posted in Album Reviews, Lists, Reviews with tags Aeternam, As I Lay Dying, Barn Burner, Black Anvil, Black Breath, Black Tusk, Chambers, Down, East of the Wall, Hail of Bullets, High on Fire, Howl, King of Asgard, Lamb of God, Melvins, Meshuggah, Orphaned Land, Powerglove, Priestess, Shining, Sweet Cobra, The Ocean, the Secret, Unearthly Trance, Withered on 09/25/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
With a handful of this year’s best metal releases dropping Tuesday, the timing feels apt for the Bad Penny to round up its favorite 2010 LPs – at least so far. Continue reading
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan’s Hawk: Filter Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Isobel Campbell, Mark Lanegan on 09/25/2010 by Kurt OrzeckHere is another not-terribly positive album review I recently wrote for Filter. This one criticizes Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan’s Hawk – a record that should instead be attributed to “Campbell and Friends” or simply “Campbell.”
Jarrod Gorbel’s Devil’s Made A New Friend: Filter Album Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Jarrod Gorbel, the Honorary Title on 09/25/2010 by Kurt OrzeckHere is my less-than-favorable Filter review of Devil’s Made a New Friend, the new album from singer/ songwriter/ ex-Honorary Title frontman Jarrod Gorbel.
FYF Fest 2010: Sleep Are Reawakened, Growlers Are Scary-Good, Titus Andronicus Prove Weak
Posted in Concert Reviews, Reviews with tags Abe Vigoda, Ariel Pink, Bastard, Best Coast, Ceremony, Cold Cave, Davila 666, Dead Man's Bones, Huntress, Let's Wrestle, Man Man, Saviours, Screaming Females, Sleep, the Cults, the Growlers, the Magic Kids, Thee Oh Sees, Titus Andronicus, Vetiver, Warpaint, Washed Out, Wavves, Zach Hill on 09/05/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
There’s no shortage of gripes being voiced in the aftermath of yesterday’s FYF Fest 2010 at Los Angeles’ Historic State Park. Continue reading
Apocalyptica’s 7th Symphony: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Apocalyptica, Gojira, Metallica, the Breeders, Trivium on 09/05/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Holy Fuck’s Latin: Filter Album Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews on 07/22/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
My Filter review of Holy Fuck’s Latin is here.
The Dylan-ification Of Bright Eyes?
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Bright Eyes on 07/22/2010 by Kurt OrzeckHere’s another vaulty thingy: me blabbing with a red face about Bright Eyes some years back on NPR.
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