Of course we want to see bands push the boundaries with their music. We love bands inventing whole new genres, pushing unlikely ones together or bringing their art to the next level, and even when a band takes a big swing and misses, we still give them kudos for trying. We don’t want to see this from every band, though. For some, the biggest strength is consistency. If Amon Amarth ever made an album that wasn’t about Vikings, I think my world would turn upside down. Similarly, Municipal Waste should never try to do anything other than Municipal Waste things, and fortunately, on Electrified Brain, they don’t.
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Album Review: Iron Reagan – “Crossover Ministry”
I don’t deal in astrology. The practice of metaphysics and premonition sit on a dusty shelf of my misspent youth, next to mood rings, crystals, Magic Eight Balls and a tattered copy of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. What I’m saying is, I don’t believe in prophecy, in the mystical alignment of stars and portents heralding a hidden hand, a destined confluence of events. And yet…can it truly be coincidence that now, when the last two weeks have seemingly brought one harbinger of the apocalypse after the other, that we the people are blessed with Crossover Ministry, the new album from Iron Reagan? Am I to next pay more mind to the rain of frogs making its way inland from the eastern seaboard? Time will tell… Continue reading
Quickies: Slipknot reveal things, Rammstein makes me sad, and a chicken makes me happy
End of the week, which is wonderful. It means I don’t need to feed you jabronis metal news for a couple of days. Let us rejoice! After this metal news…
- And, at last, we have the Slipknot mask reveal. But honestly? Who gives a shit at this point? Either way, here’s a clearer member by member rundown.
- This is a very sad day for Dan and I as Rammstein officially announce they’ll be taking a break from music. We’ll see them again again in the future I hope.
- Soen has a release date for Tellurian. Don’t know who Tellurian is? Read up on that shit, then.
- Those guys in Periphery sure can noodle! (God dammit it’s a slow day).
- ‘Tony Foresta goes to Coney Island’ is a thing that should happen way more frequently if this is the result.
- Somebody get me this chicken!
…I’m leaving.
“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– Corey
Live. Love. Plow. Horns Up.