ARTIST: ITEM 9 ALBUM: “HALF SICK OF SHADOWS” LABEL: LEVERAGE RECORDS RELEASE DATE: MAY 31, 2013 RATING: 7/10 Item 9 provides listeners with a fun album that is chock full of solid riffs, catchy choruses, and nice musicianship on Half Sick of Shadows.
Erimha “Reign Through Immortality” Symphonic Black Metal Victory Records Release Date: 7/9/13 Rating: 8/10 Erimha is a symphonic black metal band from Montréal, Quebec, Canada who is currently signed to Victory Records. I’m trying to figure out where I have been in the last 3 years of their existence to not know about these…
ALBUM: AN EYE FOR AN EYE RELEASE DATE: JULY 9TH, 2013 LABEL: RISE RATING: 9/10 Like Moths To Flames are back with their new album “An Eye For An Eye” via Rise Records. The guys in Like Moths To Flames have definitely put in the hours on this new album and it shows….
Apnea has just dropped their new single, “Phantoms,” on June 29, and it is some of the finest post hardcore one is likely to hear these days. From the start, the single manages to have an obvious sense of melody while somehow feeling pleasantly discordant. The vocals are long and drawn out, complimenting the slower…
