The impact of Marilyn Manson's subversive musical agenda has waned, and what's left is a provocative, talented artist writing affecting, powerful, and yes, controversial songs. Although Holy Wood is the third title of a trilogy that began with 1996's Antichrist Superstar, the album stands on its own. Rife with references to the Beatles and the Kennedys, and full of pop-culture barbs, Holy Wood is a musically diverse and powerful statement. The memorable sing-along "Disposable Teens" boasts the same kind of staccato, Teutonic, first-thrusting power introduced with "Beautiful People," while "Fight Song" is the Sex Pistols meets Blur by way of Nirvana. While a futuristic, nihilistic tint pervades Manson's work, passion is also prevalent, notably in the spooky acoustic number "A Place in the... Less

The impact of Marilyn Manson's subversive musical agenda has waned, and what's left is a provocative, talented artist writing affecting, powerful, and yes, controversial songs. Although Holy Wood is the third title of a trilogy that began with 1996's Antichrist Superstar, the album stands on its own. Rife with references to the Beatles and the Kennedys, and full of pop-culture barbs, Holy Wood is a musically diverse and powerful statement. The memorable sing-along "Disposable Teens" boasts the same kind of staccato, Teutonic, first-thrusting power introduced with "Beautiful People," while "Fight Song" is the Sex Pistols meets Blur by way of Nirvana. While a futuristic, nihilistic tint pervades Manson's work, passion is also prevalent, notably in the spooky acoustic number "A Place in the... Less

Project Shangri-La sees Lana Lane and her husband Erik Norlander, who not only played keyboards on the album, but also produced it, eyeing new horizons in more than just the musical sense and extends the Lana Lane family of musicians to several well known artists. The fruitful collaboration with her band members Neil Citron (lead guitar), Mark McCrite (rhythm guitar, background vocals) and Don Schiff (Chapman stick), who were with the American singer both in the studio as well as on several tours around the world, has remained intact. In addition are the former Yngwie Malmsteen singer, Mark Boals, whom Lana knows and respects from Erik?s collaboration with Mark on his Ring Of Fire album. Boals contributed the song ´(Life Is) Only A Dream` and is responsible for an exciting duet in an... Less

"Days of Fire" is meatjack’s most fully realized release to date. Listeners encounter the band melding a well-crafted melodic sensibility with their traditional storm of sonic pummeling. Dense and multi-layered, the ten new songs invoke a roller coaster ride of aural energy, ranging from the all-out riff rock of "Sleep," to the dark and foreboding title track, from the III-era Zepplinesque acoustic instrumental "Blue," the manic ".45," to the ethereal monolith that is "Crawl.". Renowned artist Stephen Kasner provides his otherworldly art as the perfect compliment to meatjack’s music. Founded by brothers Brian and Jason Daniloski, this hardworking, Baltimore, Maryland based band has been constantly releasing material and touring since 1993. After a deluge of releases on 7-inch vinyl... Less

Nokturnal Mortum dwells in one of the darkest and forsaken realms of the underground. Emanating from Ukraine they have become legends in their ancient lands and are now ready to sweep the rest of us. In seven opuses they feature beauty in its darkest and most extreme form. What can be described as lunar black metal they take on a majestic journey that combines devastating metal, with folklore and classical elements. An amalgam of pagan and eerie melodies this is a legendary epic; a grandiose masterpiece that only Nokturnal Mortum can deliver in what is wickedly entitled "Goat Horns" ARTIST BIOGRAPHY: The story began on 31/12/91 with the birth of the band Suppuration (Unholy Death Metal) with main members being Knjaz Varggoth, Munruthel & Xaarquath. Their first release was "Ecclesiastical... Less

A cursory glance at the song titles ("The Kindling," "Funeral Mist," etc.) listed on Divine Rapture's debut album, The Burning Passion, is enough to confirm the band's wholesale obsession with all things flaming and fiery. And no, we're not talking summer cookouts folks, but good old hellfire itself! Hailing from Pennsylvania, this technically gifted quartet has obviously completed every homework assignment in Death Metal 101. Crushing, clinical, and maniacally fast, standout tracks "Your Time Has Come," "My Demon, Your Dove," and "Black Moon Harvest" use Morbid Angel and Deicide as obvious touchstones, issuing gurgling vocals, corrosive, tuneless riffing, and metronome-like speed beats at a thousand miles a minute. Well-placed symphonic interludes break up the action just long enough for... Less

The budget-line release Winning Combinations is one in a series that compiles five songs each from two artists of a particular genre. While the Cinderella/L.A. Guns edition is a no-frills presentation, it does include each band's generally accepted high points. Cinderella turns in the classic Bic ballads "Nobody's Fool" and "Don't Know What You Got ('Til It's Gone)"; "Gypsy Road" represents the band's eventual lean toward ragged, bluesy rock. L.A. Guns might fare better here, since it's better to view the outfit's spotty career in summation. The MTV hit "Never Enough" struts, and "It's Over Now" is surprisingly sweet, as is "No Mercy," which effectively elapses the sleaze of the band's 1988 debut into a satisfying two minutes and 51 seconds. ~ Johnny Loftus

OUR LAST DAY includes two unreleased Discordance Axis tracks, several Discordance Axis songs covered by other artists, and one track by Gridlink, a Discordance Axis offshoot band.Discordance Axis: Dave Witte, Jon Chang, Rob Martin.If you love sonic freak-outs, then Discordance Axis' Our Last Day is the place to be. The band still likes to keep things hush-hush about itself and its intentions, despite being together for nearly 15 years by the time of this 2005 release, which is split into several different sections: "Discordance Axis," "Cide Projekt," "Gate," "Mortalized," "Melt Banana," "Noiseear," "Merzbow," and "Gridlink." While grindcore is usually associated with lightning-fast heavy metal riffs and beats, Discordance Axis continues to try new approaches. This is especially evident on... Less

Grindcore ARTIST BIO: Cattle Decapitation can be described as the bastard child of Cannibal Corpse and Carcass weaving a vicious blend of Gore-grind and Death Metal into complex structures with the end result being some of the most brutal and catchy songs written in the genre today. Cattle Decapitation takes a different approach to their song writing than most bands of the same sort that tend to focus mainly on fictional subject matter. The new album Humanure starts off where their debut album on Metal Blade To Serve Man left off, dealing with the rape of the earth, it's natural resources, and the unjust treatment of animals. Humanure will be the album that metalheads have been longing for; something as ferocious as Cannibal Corpse, something as gutturally disgusting as Carcass,... Less

Fifth studio CD release from British Industrial Metal band Godflesh issued in 1996 through Earache Records. Track listing is 1. Wake 04:19 2. Sterile Prophet 04:18 3. Circle of Shit 04:54 4. Hunter 04:39 5. Gift From Heaven 07:45 6. Amoral 04:56 7. Angel Domain 03:55 8. Kingdom Come 05:34 9. Time, Death and Wastefulness 06:12 10. Frail 05:25 11. Almost Heaven 05:40

Recording information: Inner Ear Studios, Arlington, VA; Sub-Zero Sonic Labs; Walter Music, Hoboken, NJ.A four-song EP (of which two songs -- the title track and "Just Like You" -- were previously available), The Ice of Boston is this D.C.-area four-piece's first foray into major-label waters. Still, don't go looking for Top 40 gold. Though the keyboard- enhanced "Spider in the Snow" is one of the group's most delicate and beautiful songs, the Dismemberment Plan's decidedly non-pop, kitchen-sink-and-a ll approach remains, thankfully, intact. ~ Brian Raftery

Here’s a funny experiment: find yourself a radio (the old fashioned kind that’s not connected to your computer). Turn it on and spin the dial. Wherever it lands, leave it and just listen for a few minutes. Most likely one of two things will happen: either you’ll quickly enter the candy-coated landscape of your childhood, fondly reminiscing about old relationships, better time and your first sexual experience or (more likely) you’re going to be madder than hell and ready to smash things to pieces. If the latter is the case then we offer you a sounder solution than trashing your pad. Wine, Women and Song, the latest effort by San Francisco outfit known as Porn (The Men Of) has enough destructive might packed into 50+ minutes to make up for almost any duration of pop radio exposure. If... Less

Thrice: Dustin Kensrue (vocals); Teppei Teranishi (guitar); Eddie Breckenridge (bass); Riley Breckenridge (drums). Additional personnel: Charlie Barnett (arranger, conductor); Chris Shieh (violin); Osman Kivrak (viola); Mario Bothello (cello); Greg Watkins (bass).Recorded at Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York; Salad Days, Beltsville, Maryland and Phase Studios, College Park, Maryland.On THE ARTIST IN THE AMBULANCE, alternative rock/emo-core combo THRICE lays down an unflaggingly intense set of melodically sharp, lyrically ambitious post-hardcore. Highlighted by the emotionally apocalyptic Active Rock radio chart-topping smash "All That's Left," the album stands head and shoulders above contemporary efforts by virtue of vocalist Dustin Keane's poetic lyrics, which often aspire to the... Less

Personnel: Shannon Murphy (vocals). Recording information: Headley Grange, Unites States (04/2006).Across Tundras' debut full length is a loud, but chilly musical reimagining of the wide open spaces of the West--the Crazy Horse-inspired polar opposite of the Sons Of The Pioneers' cosy campfire anthems. On the frostbitten "Ode to George Parts 1 & 2," vocals issue forth from somewhere at the bottom of a canyon, while on the band's numb reworking of the traditional ballad "Aura Lea," tempos run at about the speed of a wagon train negotiating the upward incline of the Donner Pass.

Release Date: 1996-10-01, Audio CD, Relapse

Personnel: Shannon Murphy (vocals). Recording information: Headley Grange, Unites States (04/2006).Across Tundras' debut full length is a loud, but chilly musical reimagining of the wide open spaces of the West--the Crazy Horse-inspired polar opposite of the Sons Of The Pioneers' cosy campfire anthems. On the frostbitten "Ode to George Parts 1 & 2," vocals issue forth from somewhere at the bottom of a canyon, while on the band's numb reworking of the traditional ballad "Aura Lea," tempos run at about the speed of a wagon train negotiating the upward incline of the Donner Pass.

Spulecs: Durel Yates (vocals, guitar); Danny Nick (vocals, bass guitar); Andy Preen (drums). Additional personnel: Dave Fortman (slide guitar).New Orleans' Suplecs had the misfortune of watching their sophomore album, 2002's somewhat prophetically titled Sad Songs...Better Days, become one of the final casualties of the financial collapse of the much-loved Man's Ruin label. Later thankfully reissued by This Dark Reign Records, the album offers textbook stoner rock in the energetic, Fu Manchu vein, where as much emphasis is placed on grooves as the riffs that drive them. Mega-riffed opener "White Devil" is arguably the utmost example, and, along with ensuing highlights like "Rock Bottom" (no relation to the Kiss classic), "Lightning Lady," and "Out of Town," it's one of those great tunes... Less

1. Out For Blood2. Nature Of The Beast3. The Sky Is Falling4. Queen Of Lies5. Mirror, Mirror feat. Joe Lynn Turner (Deep Purple/Rainbow) 6. House Of Usher7. Devil s Hour8. Written In The Stars9. Afterlife10. Smoke & Mirrors feat. Katharine Blake (Mediæval Bæbes)

The second album of the last Mythos lineup follows the trend of Strange Guys with hard rock guitars and songs with longer instrumental parts. The flute is used more frequently and sometimes takes the lead voice. There are still some spheric parts and new ideas like the voice of a female opera singer on "Ulysses B. Smart," a song that slowly evolves in the applause of a big audience in the end. The title track is a space rock epic reminding one of Hawkwind. Maybe Concrete City is the most commercial Mythos LP, with good songs, but nevertheless was overlooked by the music press. ~ Klaus Kehrle

Grindcore ARTIST BIO: Cattle Decapitation can be described as the bastard child of Cannibal Corpse and Carcass weaving a vicious blend of Gore-grind and Death Metal into complex structures with the end result being some of the most brutal and catchy songs written in the genre today. Cattle Decapitation takes a different approach to their song writing than most bands of the same sort that tend to focus mainly on fictional subject matter. The new album Humanure starts off where their debut album on Metal Blade To Serve Man left off, dealing with the rape of the earth, it's natural resources, and the unjust treatment of animals. Humanure will be the album that metalheads have been longing for; something as ferocious as Cannibal Corpse, something as gutturally disgusting as Carcass,... Less

The title track of The End Of Heartache is an unabashed monster of a song, different than anything the band has ever written. Its epic drive nearly crosses the border into power-ballad territory. "Rose of Sharyn" is an anthem that's heavy in the most non-traditional of senses, building with dynamic energy into a crescendo with a chorus that is perhaps The End of Heartache's biggest reward. "When Darkness Falls," heard during the closing credits of "Freddy Vs. Jason," was the first song Jones ever wrote with the band and falls right into place on The End Of Heartache. With "Breathe Life" he delivers a heartfelt optimism that really makes the track ‘pop’ with, "breathe life/ for you are not alone/ breathe life/ inside your heart of stone."

Gunmetal Grey: Hernan "Eddie" Hermida (vocals); Stephen Lauck, Brandon Scot (guitar); Andrew Lawrence Smith (bass guitar); Brandon Scott Thomas (drums).Gunmetal Grey's Solitude mini-CD is what happens when hardcore scene veterans get together to kick out their heavy metal jams: a brazen assault to the senses that's as indebted to the frantic death metal of At the Gates as it is to the crossover spirit of the Cro-Mags. This combination doesn't always work quite as planned, what with the alternating of screeched and sung vocals in tracks like "Dreaming" and "A Step Away" sounding a little unhinged from the surrounding mayhem -- almost as if the bandmembers are still just a little embarrassed to admit their metallic passions to their hardcore buddies. But, when they do manage to mine that... Less

Release Date: 2004-03-09, Audio CD, Peaceville UK

Deluxe Edition features bonus CD containing four tracks including acoustic versions of 'Spaceship', 'Stoned' and 'Better Place'. 2009 release, the fourth album from the multi-platinum Alt-Rock band. The album was chiefly recorded during Spring in Vancouver with producer Brian Howes. Afterwards, the band relocated to Los Angeles for additional production with producers Jack Joseph Puig and Brain Vertue. Additionally the band worked with Come Clean and Life on Display producer John Kurzweg, their first time together in six years. Features the first single 'Spaceship'.

2009 release, the fourth album from the multi-platinum Alt-Rock band. The album was chiefly recorded during Spring in Vancouver with producer Brian Howes. Afterwards, the band relocated to Los Angeles for additional production with producers Jack Joseph Puig and Brain Vertue. Additionally the band worked with Come Clean and Life on Display producer John Kurzweg, their first time together in six years. Features the first single 'Spaceship'.

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ANIMA MUNDI, the 2004 release from Euro-metal band Dionysus, includes "Bringer of War" and "Paradise Land."Swedish version adds two extra songs.Arriving exactly a year after their perfectly average debut, Dionysus' second album, Anima Mundi, pushes the limits of surefire lawsuit to the breaking point by slapping the semblance of Viggo Mortensen (in full Lord of the Rings Aragorn regalia) on the statue gracing its cover. It also opens with a song -- the speedy "Divine" -- that heavy metal fans will instantly recognize as a blatant karaoke job on power metal masters Helloween -- only with more synthesizers. But that's OK, after all, the power metal subgenre is hardly given to great variety, and one need only sample astoundingly similar follow-up songs like "Heart Is Crying," "Closer to the... Less

ANIMA MUNDI, the 2004 release from Euro-metal band Dionysus, includes "Bringer of War" and "Paradise Land."Swedish version adds two extra songs.Arriving exactly a year after their perfectly average debut, Dionysus' second album, Anima Mundi, pushes the limits of surefire lawsuit to the breaking point by slapping the semblance of Viggo Mortensen (in full Lord of the Rings Aragorn regalia) on the statue gracing its cover. It also opens with a song -- the speedy "Divine" -- that heavy metal fans will instantly recognize as a blatant karaoke job on power metal masters Helloween -- only with more synthesizers. But that's OK, after all, the power metal subgenre is hardly given to great variety, and one need only sample astoundingly similar follow-up songs like "Heart Is Crying," "Closer to the... Less

Original songs by Jonathan Davis and Richard Gibbs.Music composed by Jonathan Davis and Richard Gibbs.In Anne Rice's book QUEEN OF THE DAMNED, recurring vampire character Lestadt awakes from a lengthy hibernation and proceeds to remake himself into a rock star of global proportions who ends up attracting the unwanted attentions of head vampire Queen Akasha. Although the late Aaliyah plays the title role in the film, the accompanying soundtrack contains nary a stitch of hip-hop or R&B, instead cleaving to the hard and heavy sounds conjured up by Korn's Jonathan Davis and ex-Oingo Boingo keyboardist Richard Gibbs. Due to contractual obligations, Davis was prevented from singing these songs, therefore the quintet of cuts composed by this duo are sung by an impressive array of talent from the... Less