Artist: The Dear Hunter Album: Act III: Life and Death Genre: Rock Label: Triple Crown It takes a lot to have the audacity, especially in the current music scene, to set out to make a story arch out of multiple records. In recent history, only Coheed and Cambria set their sights on such heights, but […]
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Mastodon – Crack The Skye
June 1st, 2009 
James Shotwell Artist: Mastodon Album: Crack The Skye Genre: Hard Rock Label: Reprise/Sire Mastodon is a band that two years ago I wouldn’t have given the time of day, but oh how the times have changed. Last year, at the Rockstar Mayhem tour, I caught this band’s energetic and epic set while awaiting Slipknot and they’ve stuck […]
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March 18th, 2009 James Shotwell Artist: Lamb of God Album: Wrath Genre: Metal Label: Epic Tracks: 1. Passing [Instrumental] 2. In Your Words 3. Set to Fail 4. Contractor 5. Fake Messiah 6. Grace 7. Broken Sands 8. Dead Seets 9. Everything to Nothing 10. Choke Sermon 11. Reclamation Lamb of God formerly known as Burn the Priest finally released […]
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September 10th, 2008 James Shotwell Band: Trenches Album: The Tide Will Swallow Us Whole Genre: Metal Label: Solid State Tracks: 1. Pathways 2. Sacrament 3. Calling 4. Eyes Open 5. Trip The Landmine 6. Bittersweet 7. Call It Correct 8. End 9. Ocean Currents 10. Cornered Jimmy Ryan changed my life. That’s a one hundred percent factual statement and I’ll […]
Posted in Reviews Tags: epic, metal (genre), perfection, solid state, the tide will swallow us whole, Trenches Comments Off on Trenches – The Tide Will Swallow Us WholeAutomatic Loveletter – Recover EP
August 15th, 2008 James Shotwell Band: Automatic Loveletter Album: Recover EP Genre: Pop Rock Label: Epic Tracks: 1. The Answer 2. August 28th, 3:30 AM 3. Hush 4. Parker 5. Make-Up Smeared Eyes [acoustic] I don’t know if you’re suppose to salivate from music, but this EP made me do just that. Recover, the Epic records debut from Automatic Loveletter […]
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