Monthly Archives: April 2009

Review: Black Anvil – Time Insults The Mind [2008]

Posted on April 30, 2009 by gearsofrock

Emanating from the likes of Kill Your Idols, Madball, and Deathcycle, Black Anvil undergoes a complete makeover into the realm of blackened death ‘n roll on TIME INSULTS THE MIND. This NYC trio’s nine-track debut captures early thrash and doom’s … Continue reading →

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Review: Rabid Rabbit – Rabid Rabbit [2009]

Posted on April 29, 2009 by gearsofrock

Two bassists, minimal vocals, and swirls of dense psychedelic avant garde metal arrive via Chicago’s Rabid Rabbit on the crew’s latest jaunt, an elitist-friendly vinyl-only eponymous seven-track affair. Sounding like a cross between Sonic Youth, Melvins, and Giant Squid, this … Continue reading →

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Review: Omnium Gatherum – The Redshift [2008]

Posted on April 28, 2009 by gearsofrock

Finnish sextet Omnium Gatherum, fresh off their last release Stuck Here On Snake’s Way, return with another 11-track endeavor entitled THE REDSHIFT. This melodic death metal unit’s latest batch of tunes demonstrates this act’s versatile composition skills, as this album … Continue reading →

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Resurrection: The Ramones – Road To Ruin [1978]

Posted on April 27, 2009 by gearsofrock

Personally, one of the hardest tasks for me to do is to pick my favorite Ramones album. I can cheat and say my favorite is All The Stuff and More Vol 2 because technically it is. I just won’t do … Continue reading →

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Review: Heaven And Hell – The Devil You Know [2009]

Posted on April 26, 2009 by gearsofrock

The original lords of darkness are back with an album that is purely sinister, an instant classic, that melts your face with gloomy rhetoric and riffs of impending doom. Tony Iommi’s guitars on The Devil You Know, are still iconic, … Continue reading →

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Review: Thyrfing – Hels Vite [2009]

Posted on April 25, 2009 by gearsofrock

Swedish Viking metal veterans Thyrfing have undergone some lineup changes (most notably vocally) since their last offering in 2005, yet this quintet seems to have gained strength from the shakeup and have decisively become darker in the process. HELS VITE … Continue reading →

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Review: We Insist! – Oh! Things Are So Corruptible [2008]

Posted on April 24, 2009 by gearsofrock

Freewheeling French troupe We Insist! throw convention to the wind on their latest release OH! THINGS ARE SO CORRUPTIBLE, weaving a durable alternative metal safety net channeling Faith No More, Primus, Clutch and  System of A Down while embedded impressions … Continue reading →

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Review: Capricorns – River, Bear Your Bones [2008]

Posted on April 23, 2009 by gearsofrock

UK instrumental metal menaces Capricorns inject an undercurrent of visceral volatility into their latest sludgy sojourn RIVER, BEAR YOUR BONES. Setting off a dastardly stoner rock feel that trades genre-typical flashes of excess for barrages of skull pounding passages that … Continue reading →

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Review: Xystus – Equilibrio [2008]

Posted on April 22, 2009 by gearsofrock

Dutch metal project Xystus surpasses typical rock opera expectations on the troupe’s latest grandiose expose entitled EQUILIBRIO. This brazen theatrical affair boasts a cast and crew over 130 members strong, including a massive choir reserved for religious celebrations and a … Continue reading →

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Review: Lacuna Coil – Shallow Life [2009]

Posted on April 21, 2009 by gearsofrock

Female fronted Italian modern rock band, Lacuna Coil offers the 12 track conceptual affair Shallow Life. Even though Cristina Scabbia continues to reign as the best female metal lead (and best looking), the album as a whole, falls into the … Continue reading →

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