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Marduk -[La Grande Danse Macabre]-2001

Quite simply, Marduk embodies everything that's nasty and brutish about black metal. If Emperor, Immortal, Mayhem, and Cradle of Filth are the familial Don Corleones of the genre, Marduk could be their hired thug, a weapons specialist not afraid to get dirty hands while taking care of business. That being said, Marduk has unfortunately been a perennial second-tier outfit, although La Grande Danse Macabre, the band's seventh full-length studio release, is its most accomplished and varied work to...

Hollywood Undead-Desperate Measures

A&M/Octone record­ing group Hollywood Undead will give their fans some­thing brand new to talk about on October 27th, when they release a two-disc CD/DVD con­sist­ing of 6 new stu­dio record­ings, 6 live record­ings and a full 60 minute live per­for­mance on DVD. The new pack­age dubbed Desperate Measures : CD/DVD is an eclec­tic mix of new stu­dio record­ings pro­duced by Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails) and live record­ings of fan favorites. In its 60th week on the...

Korn-Untitled(2007.7)

July 25, 2007 - Korn continue to descend further into the Dark Carnival menagerie they first began exploring (to a certain degree) back on Issues, and brought even more into the foreground on their last proper studio release, See You On The Other Side. The stygian fairy tale ambience that saturated that album is carried over into the 13 tracks included here on what is their untitled eighth album of new material. While the bulk of the acts that came to prominence around the same time as Korn...

Slipknot-All hope is gone(2008.8)

Slipknot traffic in horror-show theatrics – on stage dressed in their fright masks and backed by the swirling energy of the band’s nine members, it can be a jaw-dropping, cathartic experience. On album, though, the band’s songs can feel monolithic without the accompanying visuals. Such is the case with All Hope Is Gone, Slipknot’s fourth record, an occasionally brilliant merging of metal riffs and melodic hooks that too often relies on generically nihilistic lyrics and unvaried musical...