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Singers on Singing • 2016
For this year’s exclusive, genre-bending singers roundtable, we talked with vocalists who have sold millions of records (CeeLo Green), performed blistering sets at major festivals (Meg Myers); recorded an album ... -
Album Review: Magrudergrind - "//" (8/10)
About six years ago, Magrudergrind blew the doors off The Roxy in Los Angeles with a matinee gig hosted by Scion Metal. Despite immediately establishing themselves as a force to ... -
Signing Story: Royal Thunder
The first time Spinefarm Records reps went to a Royal Thunder gig, their guitarist Josh Weaver bolted from the stage mid-song and— before making it to the bathroom—unleashed a torrent ... -
Album Reviews: Abbath - "Abbath" (8/10)
Black metal fans saw their collective sorrow hit new depths last year when Abbath, co- founder of Immortal, left the legendary Nor wegian band amid a copyright dispute. As it turns out, ... -
Album Review: Baroness - "Purple" (10/10)
In August 2012, Baroness were in a bus crash that seriously injured frontman John Baizley and led to the departure of their drummer and bassist. As one would expect, fallout ... -
Album Review: Holy Grail - "Times of Pride and Peril" (9/10)
Falsetto-vocal bands are returning to metal in full force, but nine times out of 10, their sound amounts to a heaping pile of Velveeta. That leaves plenty of room for ... -
Album Review: Sunn 0))) - "Kannon" (9/10)
Three songs. Thirty-three minutes. A $333 bet that Kannon will be regarded as the best drone album of 2015. Greg Anderson has said in interviews that he’s trying to make ... -
Signing Story: Flight
Norway’s Flight don’t believe in letting it all hang out—even if their denim jackets and feathered hair suggest otherwise. And the band’s decision to selectively pass around its demo ... -
Album Review: Intronaut - "The Direction of Last Things" (9/10)
Intronaut is one of the least pretentious bands in progressive metal—but their fifth album is far from innocuous. Rather, it’s undeniably one of the genre’s standout releases of the year, catapulting with the poppy opening ... -
Panic! At the Disco: Brendon Urie's Bachelor Party
It is as much of a miracle as it is a mystery that Panic! at the Disco [P!ATD] are still around. What started as a pet project by Las Vegas ...
