CORROSION OF CONFORMITY about to unleash the beast…

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, one of the most focused and creative heavy band of the last decades, has been bringing one good news after another lately. I mean : THE NEW RECORD ?...

10 good reasons to worship EDDIE VEDDER.

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The Seattle grunge movement of the ’90s has offered to the world a handful of very talented and charismatic frontmen: Kurt Cobain being the most praised of all, but...

MAYLENE & THE SONS OF DISASTER “IV” (Ferret Records 2011°

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The sons of Alabama are back ! If you never heard of MAYLENE & THE SONS OF DISASTER before, let me give you 3 reasons to like them : they’re crazy, they’re...

The end is near, so just set the dial with BLACK TUSK…

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On the occasion of the release of their latest super-record “Set The Dial”, I thought it’d be cool to get to know U.S sludge band BLACK TUSK better. Because...

RED FANG supporting MASTODON on their 2012 european tour !

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You wanted it, Relapse made it possible : 2 crazy bearded bands for the price of one, touring all over Europe !!! MASTODON and RED FANG, two of the most talented metal bands of...

100% STONER : the DESERTFEST in London (6th-7th-8th April, 2012)

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3 stages, 3 days, more than 50 bands of the internatonal stoner scene… Is this a dream ? Desertscene made it real with the first edition of DESERTFEST will take places in...

DOWN’s full gig @ Sao Paulo SWU 2011 in HD ? Oh Yeah !

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DOWN aka Nawlins’ 5 bros touring on the Latin-American soil for the first time in 15 years : it might have felt beyond awesome for them as well as for their excited fans...

BLACK TUSK “Set The Dial” (Relapse Records 2011)

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You’d better not be looking for subtlety if you listen to BLACK TUSK : they play such a melting-pot of punk rock, stoner and sludge metal that instead of categorizing...

RWAKE “Rest” (Relapse Records 2011)

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RWAKE’s music is more than just that : it’s Art. With some tracks that last more than 10 minutes, masterpieces take their time to become apparent. This Arkansas combo...

[PLAYLIST] Stoner joints and heavy madness

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If you need to pump up your stoner playlist then this is the right selection. Let me serve you super hot & heavy riffage with some psychedelic madness, some greasy stoned...

Some say 9.27.2011 will be “the 9.11 of Metal”…

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Every year, fall is synonymous of heaps of album releases, so no exception to the rule in 2011 : some will be in the running for going down in history, while some other will slide...

BARONESS Retrospective : “Blue Record”

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Last and final part of the retrospective on American sludge band BARONESS… You lived a fantastic saga with the “Red Album”, now it’s time to end the story...

KARMA TO BURN : spreading heaviness all over Europe

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One can honestly assert that KARMA TO BURN are unquestionably the modern kings of instrumental rock. Did you ever ask yourself why there aren’t so many bands making it in...

BARONESS Retrospective : “Red Album”

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When I heard that metal prog legends BARONESS have planned to release a new album for the end of 2011, I told myself “damn I must write a review of their two albums, so the...

HAIL! HORNET “Disperse The Curse” (Relapse Records 2011)

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A sludge supergroup. Just saying those words makes my heart skip a beat. T-Roy Medlin (Sourvein), Dixie Collins (Weedeater, Buzz*Oven), Vince Burke (Beaten Back to Pure), Erik...