VALKYRIE - SELF-TITLED
Album Review:
By: John Pegoraro, Stoner Rock
Those prematurely old souls in Valkyrie have finally released their debut full length and it’s a doozy.
This is an impressive debut. I could see these guys on a tour with the likes of The Hidden Hand and Earthride and holding their own. Great stuff (especially the solos).
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Album Tracks:
Withered Tree
Sunlight Shines
Endless Crusade
Wolf Hollow
Secrets of the Mind
Heralds of the Dawn
Eternally There
Lost in the Darkness
By: John Pegoraro, Stoner Rock
Those prematurely old souls in Valkyrie have finally released their debut full length and it’s a doozy.
This is an impressive debut. I could see these guys on a tour with the likes of The Hidden Hand and Earthride and holding their own. Great stuff (especially the solos).
Read the whole review...
Album Tracks:
Withered Tree
Sunlight Shines
Endless Crusade
Wolf Hollow
Secrets of the Mind
Heralds of the Dawn
Eternally There
Lost in the Darkness
STARCHILD - BORN INTO ETERNITY
Album Review:
By: Kevin McHugh, Hell Ride Music
As groundbreaking as their first album was, even the Ramones couldn't make the exact same album over and over again. Nor should they. Starchild has expanded their palette without forgetting what made them great in the first place. What did Waycross ever do to deserve a band like this?
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Album Tracks:
Bride
Rising Star
Love
World without End
Earthless
Bleed
Eternal Summer
Behold
Born into Eternity
By: Kevin McHugh, Hell Ride Music
As groundbreaking as their first album was, even the Ramones couldn't make the exact same album over and over again. Nor should they. Starchild has expanded their palette without forgetting what made them great in the first place. What did Waycross ever do to deserve a band like this?
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Album Tracks:
Bride
Rising Star
Love
World without End
Earthless
Bleed
Eternal Summer
Behold
Born into Eternity
MALEFACTOR - A COLLECTION OF BROKEN DREAMS FROM THE COMMON MAN
Album Review:
By: John Pegoraro, Stoner Rock
A Collection of Broken Dreams' thirteen songs jump out and reach for the throat. One of the better tracks is "Bloodsoaked Cage," and it’s a good example of why you should check out Malefactor. While the tempo is as-fast-as-can-be, the main riff is actually grooving. A less adept band would have everything fall into the same frantic speed, but guitarists Garrett Spell and DJ Reeves create a cool dynamic. Other highlights are "Failure," with its fluid bass playing, and the start-stop stomp of "Wither."
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Album Tracks:
Shameless Soul
Deception
Before I Die
A Time of Reason
Wither
Blood Soaked Caged
The Last Day of Sadness
Into the Ashes
Seventh Day Aggression
Failure
Facefull of Aggression
Open for Attack
Fallen
By: John Pegoraro, Stoner Rock
A Collection of Broken Dreams' thirteen songs jump out and reach for the throat. One of the better tracks is "Bloodsoaked Cage," and it’s a good example of why you should check out Malefactor. While the tempo is as-fast-as-can-be, the main riff is actually grooving. A less adept band would have everything fall into the same frantic speed, but guitarists Garrett Spell and DJ Reeves create a cool dynamic. Other highlights are "Failure," with its fluid bass playing, and the start-stop stomp of "Wither."
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Album Tracks:
Shameless Soul
Deception
Before I Die
A Time of Reason
Wither
Blood Soaked Caged
The Last Day of Sadness
Into the Ashes
Seventh Day Aggression
Failure
Facefull of Aggression
Open for Attack
Fallen
STARCHILD / REBREATHER SPLIT EP
Album Review:
By: Kevin McHugh, Hell Ride Music
This is one of the most monstrously heavy releases of the year, by two bands who routinely level cities with an intensity not seen since the Viking days of yore.
It's easy to see why so many people think that Rebreather lives very close to the heart of the heavy. It looks to me like Starchild are camped out in the same general neighborhood. Don't even bother to try to fight the power, just give in end get what is sure to be one of the year's best discs. It's the right thing to do.
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Album Tracks:
Rainbow
War of the Worlds
Psychonaut
Come to the Back / Madre
Helena Song
Matter Vacuum
By: Kevin McHugh, Hell Ride Music
This is one of the most monstrously heavy releases of the year, by two bands who routinely level cities with an intensity not seen since the Viking days of yore.
It's easy to see why so many people think that Rebreather lives very close to the heart of the heavy. It looks to me like Starchild are camped out in the same general neighborhood. Don't even bother to try to fight the power, just give in end get what is sure to be one of the year's best discs. It's the right thing to do.
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Album Tracks:
Rainbow
War of the Worlds
Psychonaut
Come to the Back / Madre
Helena Song
Matter Vacuum
