Katatonia released their latest album “Night is the New Day” earlier this month. Release dates were November 2 in Europe and November 10 in the US.
From the opening track to the final wind-down, Night is the New Day is probably the most consistent work from Katatonia to date. Forsaker offers a strong start to the album, introducing forceful, guitar-driven metal as well as carefully crafted melodic vocals. Departer winds down, bringing the album to close on a melancholy note. The [...]
The 69 Eyes, commonly referred to as The Helsinki Vampires, are on tour and promoting their latest cd, “Back in Blood.” They swung on through Toronto to play The Opera House on Queen St E. The venue itself has a bit of a Gothic feel to it, which complimented the atmosphere as Jryki 69, Bazie, [...]
October isn’t October without Type O Negative. For that reason alone, the 4 Dicks from Brooklyn have hit the road, putting on 12 shows over two weeks, finishing off appropriately on Halloween night in Detroit. Kenny Hickey, Peter Steele & Johnny Kelly have been joined this tour by Scott Warren of Dio, covering for Josh [...]
The murder of Carly Ryan, which occurred in 2007, has been partially attributed to Zombie Girl and their album Blood, Brains & Rock ‘n’ Roll. The group, in cooperation with their label, Alpha Matrix, have released an official statement regarding the incident. In it, they express condolences as well as their feelings regarding behavior online [...]
Though Al Jourgensen put a stake through the heart of Ministry, Revolting Cocks, AKA RevCo, have a new album out and are currently touring parts of the US and Canada. Sex-o Olympic-o is the kind of cocktail you would expect from RevCo: Five parts industrial rock, two parts sleaze, a dash of nasty, shake until [...]
Ten years after the release of the Grimm Robe Demos, Sunn O))) (spelled just so) continues to redefine the landscape of drone and sludge metal. With guitars tuned to ridiculous lows like dropped-C or lower, the music is likely to be felt as much as heard. Monoliths & Dimensions blends the sounds of bass-toned distorted [...]
It has been said that Legion Within represents the last of a breed of Gothic rockers. This may be true, but if they are the last, they are doing it in style. Legion Within produced a smart, historically relevant album, paying homage to their musical ancestry and building in new, interesting ways. Mouth of Madness [...]
Pollinctor is a strong first effort for the Swiss Industrial group, Hellbone. The CD shows their influences range across industrial and electronic groups from the past 20 or more years. The album demonstrates skill in sonic experimentation similar to Die Form mixed with Fantomas and has the robust punch of Skinny Puppy. Though the album [...]
This is a CD that I could almost get into. I gave it two good, solid listens all the way through. I listened to all seven tracks and I tried to like it. The mood is kind of spooky, that’s good. The music is somewhat reminiscent of older Darkwave stuff and that’s good too. Somewhere [...]
Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction are on tour together for, most likely, the first time in two decades. Back in 1989, when Pretty Hate Machine was released, nobody could have imagined the wild success that Nine Inch Nails would have had. Today Trent Reznor’s project is hailed as one of the most influential musical [...]
