Chris Nee’s Albums Of The Year 2019: 20 to 11
2019 is at an end so our Albums Of The Year extravaganza continues.
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Review: Procédures Mystiques by Fox Medicine
“Black Sabbath with J-Pop vocals.” These are the words of Toshi Kasai, the producer of the new album by Portland two-piece Fox Medicine.
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Review: Opium Lord – Vore
Bands from Birmingham and the surrounding areas have at their disposal the great promotional privilege of touting themselves as originating from the home of heavy metal.
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Review: Tool – Fear Inoculum
There’s something about Tool that sets them apart. Maybe it’s creativity. Maybe it’s mystery. Maybe it’s aloofness, or production, or sheer musical proficiency.
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Review: SeeYouSpaceCowboy – The Correlation Between Entrance And Exit Wounds
There aren’t a lot of bands riding the hype train as effectively as SeeYouSpaceCowboy in 2019. Their first record of the year was a collection of odds and sods that happened to fucking slap.
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Review: Suicidal Angels – Years Of Aggression
Sometimes I just want to listen to thrash metal. Typically that’s what one of my favourite European bands, Suicidal Angels, deliver.
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Review: Slipknot – We Are Not Your Kind
Slipknot burst into the world with a spotless three-album run between 1999 and 2004. Albums four and five, while both have their own substance and virtues, emerged from different parts of the Slipknot psyche.
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Revisiting .5: The Gray Chapter by Slipknot
It’s never been an easy ride for Slipknot. In 2019 their album build-up was scarred by unspeakable tragedy and the band’s internal combustibility. The effects of that might someday make it into the music. It wouldn’t be the first time.
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Revisiting Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) by Slipknot
Slipknot albums typically enjoy the same review cycle. Some reviewers aren’t keen but they average out at seven or eight out of ten before eventually finding their rightful place in the band’s pantheon.
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Revisiting Slipknot by Slipknot
Where to even begin with Slipknot’s self-titled 1999 album?
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Review: Violent Life Violent Death – Sadness Rains
There aren’t many bands around at the moment that excite me more than Violent Life Violent Death.
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Metallica’s St Anger on trial: the prosecution
There are certain rites of passage that every Metallica fan experiences regardless of when they discover the greatest metal band there’s ever been.
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