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(02/10/16 3:39am)
Back in 1999, Dream Theater dropped their magnum opus, the concept album “Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory.” Its unimaginative lyrics were covered up by music overflowing with character, from jaunty saloon piano jams to Middle-Eastern tinged metal riffs.
(02/02/16 5:16am)
Death metal has its roots in campy horror films with unsettling soundscapes, unconventional song structures and demonic vocals. It is the perfect sandbox to experiment and unnerve listeners.
(01/27/16 3:26am)
Two tracks in, Daughter’s “Numbers” abruptly halts as frontwoman Elena Tonra coldly mumbles “I feel numb / I feel numb in this kingdom.” These lines, coupled with Tonra’s icy delivery, perfectly sum up the album’s frigid atmosphere. The record ponders life, love (and the lack-thereof) and the hopelessness of the future, all veiled in a bleakly beautiful ambience.
(01/08/16 12:01pm)
In 2012, a nearly fatal bus accident left Baroness’s future seemingly in shambles. The band has since fully recovered, although not without replacing their bassist and drummer, and for the first time since the accident are releasing a new album, “Purple.”
(12/08/15 3:42am)
There was a rather unique set of expectations when the leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, announced album “Wake Up!” earlier this fall. Was it just a cheap cash-in targeted towards devout Catholics? Would its accompanying progressive rock and symphonic composers find a way to make a cohesive album? “Wake Up!” can’t be dismissed as a simple cash-grab, but when removed from the overarching context of a musical release from one of the world’s most significant spiritual leaders and viewed simply as a piece of music, it fails to justify itself as stretching beyond the boundaries of an audiobook in favor of a musical experience.
(12/02/15 6:24am)
For a band consistently heralded as the leaders of modern rock, Dave Grohl’s Foo Fighters never progress enough to merit that title. They consistently offer up a platter of fun, easily digestible rock music built with arena anthems in mind, and nothing has changed with their latest EP, “Saint Cecilia,” which delivers exactly what their fans would expect, devoid of any risk.
(11/11/15 4:22am)
“Autumn Eternal” evokes its namesake from the start. Leading in with a somber bluegrass piece like those peppered throughout the last two albums, Austin Lunn’s one-man band, Panopticon, conjures images of amber leaves gliding to the ground as nature prepares for the coming winter. After this brief introduction, however, Lunn sheds his bluegrass influences. Rather, “Autumn Eternal” takes a black metal approach, which was hinted at in previous albums, and pushes it to an extreme. The resulting album reflects autumn at every moment.
(10/16/15 12:22am)
A few minutes into the opening track of her debut album “Sorry,” Meg Myers samples an interview, saying, “[The songs are] not sad. That’s just the way it goes…”
(09/29/15 3:21am)
If it wasn’t obvious from their name, TesseracT are a bit of a mathematical band. Taking their name from a four-dimensional cube and all of their album artwork from whatever cool figures they could pull from a geometry textbook, the group has a quasi-nerdy appeal even before one considers their music. Even there, the band’s main draw comes from quirky down-tuned bass and guitar grooves in any time signature besides 4/4 — a style now affectionately called “djent.”
(09/23/15 6:20am)
Heavy metal is largely an underground scene today, but its biggest names still remain in the public conscience — including the revered Iron Maiden. So it’s really no surprise that, 40 years later, Iron Maiden is still playing sold-out shows in massive venues, commands a remarkably loyal fanbase and release new material for fans to eat up and enjoy at live shows. What is a bit shocking is the quality of these newer albums. Iron Maiden’s sixteenth album, “The Book of Souls,” feels as invigorated as any of their past material, blending the New Wave of British Heavy Metal’s speed and melodic guitar harmonies with their recent appreciation for progressive metal.