Killswitch Engage – Disarm the Descent

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When bands change singers, strange things happen.  Usually fans and critics are divided into two camps, one of which is adamant about how much better the original vocalist was and the other side is equally

The Way – Helpless But Not Hopeless

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Southern California punk bands all sound the same…right?  Even the most diehard fan of punk rock will admit that certain regions and geographies spawn bands with a similar, characteristic sound.  The Way hails from Oxnard,

Mind of the Sick – Possessed (ep)

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Mind of the Sick return with the Possessed ep and like their previous release, is available as a free download.  In 2011, Noah Tubbs completed a solo project and album Only Living Dead and then

Saffire – From Ashes to Fire

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Gothenburg band Saffire was started in 2006 by Victor Olsson and Dino Zuzic out of a desire to do something heavier than the funk rock band they were in at the time.  Following the addition

Vials of Wrath – Seeking Refuge

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Ambient black metal is not my favorite genre, plain and simple, but I find myself liking Seeking Refuge, the debut album and solo project of DC Mills (ex-Bloodline Severed).  For me, one hallmark of a