Blue Record digs deep into the elemental rock and roll that underpins existence. Such an epic album begs to be played live. Anyone who's ever seen Baroness knows they are a sight to behold on stage, so my expectations for this show were sky...

As I walked into to the music venue at Union Pool for the first time, I was immediately struck by the smell. I was flooded with ancient memories of raging subterranean metal shows; it smelled like Coney Island High. Whiffs of prehistoric cigarettes,...

Night Is The New Day is an enthralling album. My instincts tell me I should be appalled at the further evisceration of metal from the Katatonia sound. I want to be upset that this is the least guitar oriented album in the Katatonia catalog. I've...

I have to admit that my first reaction to What We All Come To Need was a disappointment. I've been listening to Pelican's instrumental insanity a lot over the last few years and have become particularly attached to City Of Echoes. It took me a while...

From the opening notes of "Arrival," you might be inclined to categorize Monolith as melodic death metal of the highest caliber. That is, if there were a shred of death metal vocals to be found. But there aren't. Instead, Atlanta's From Exile present...