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Slough Feg: Two New Songs Available For Download

Posted on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

One of the most unique and underrated metal acts today, Slough Feg has amassed quite the dedicated following over the 20 or so years that it has been active and has churned out such classic American metal albums as Dawn Amongst The Deadmen, Twilight Of The Idols and Traveler (the latter being the album many claim as the Slough Feg classic).

Led by the charismatic vocalist / guitarist / lyricist Mike Scalzi, who has easily established himself as one of the best and most distinct vocalists and lyricists in all of metal, The Animal Spirits (which features an appearance from Brocas Helm vocalist Bob Wright) will align itself as another gem in the illustrious Slough Feg repertoire and be considered as one of the great metal releases to be released this year.

Due in North America on October 26 via Profound Lore Records,  The Animal Spirits will feature the following track listing:

01. Trick the Vicar
02. The 95 Thesis (courtesy of Stereogum)
03. Materia Prima
04. Free Market Barbarian (courtesy of Stereogum)
05. Lycanthropic Fantasies
06. Ask the Casket
07. Heavyworlder
08. The Tell-Tale Heart
09. Kon-Tiki
10. Second Coming
11. Tactical Air-War

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Album of the day: Triptykon – Eparistera Daimones

Posted on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Lovinly pinched from About.com Guide To Heavy Metal: Extreme metal pioneer returns with a relevant, unique band that’s as cutting edge as the genre-defining / genre-forming bands he led as far back as 20 years ago. Triptykon is heavy and more bleak than the latest, and now defunct, version of ...read more

Album of the day: Lair of the Minotaur – Evil Power

Posted on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: My chief issue with destructive Chicago outfit Lair of the Minotaur has always been memorability. For each of their three albums prior to the latest, Evil Power (their first on self-release label The Grind-House Records), I’ve been psyched to get the disc, put it on, ...read more

Album of the day: High on Fire – Snakes for the Divine

Posted on Monday, March 1st, 2010

Lovingly pinched from Pitchfork: High on Fire make burly music; that’s the only thing you can really call it. The Oakland power trio’s thundering roar isn't dumb; there’s a clear technical virtuosity on display in Matt Pike’s squiddling solos, and the songs move confidently through multiple riffs and movements without ...read more

Album of the day: Circle – Tulikoira (Reissue)

Posted on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Praise for Circle’s Tulikoira from San Francisco’s Aquarius Records:  This 2005 Circle album, out of print for a bit, is now newly reissued on CD, this time its jewel case wrapped in a spiffy slipcase, featuring some cool new artwork (and a “no posers” symbol)! NWOFHM. That’s what it says ...read more

Album of the day: Neurosis – Times of Grace (Reissue)

Posted on Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Lovingly pinched from BBC Music: When Oakland’s Neurosis first emerged onto California’s burgeoning hardcore punk scene back in 1985, no one could possibly have foreseen the bizarre, revolutionary trajectory that their career would subsequently take. After a couple of albums’ worth of decent but unremarkable hardcore / metal crossover, the ...read more

Album of the day: Shining – Blackjazz

Posted on Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Lovingly pinched from No Ripcord: Though “progressive” metal bands seem to be running rampant anymore, few carry the free jazz sophistication of Norway quartet, Shining, their double-dutch whirlwind of industrial cacophony and Zappa-esque musical deviation at times blurring the line between rupture and rapture. Their last album, Grindstone, demonstrated the ...read more

PopMatters Picks: The Best Metal Albums of 2009

Posted on Monday, December 21st, 2009

It seems every year I say it, but this year it’s truer than ever: this was one hell of a year for metal. Sure, we had our share of high profile duds come our way (Heaven and Hell, Ensiferum, Pelican, Killswitch Engage) and more than enough popular records that had ...read more

Album of the day: Jarboe – Mahakali

Posted on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Brainwashed: Jarboe is an artist that is very much at the mercy of her collaborators; a strong band behind her and she flourishes but accompanied by a weaker artist she flounders. This has made for a patchy career, the dizzying power of her performances with Swans has ...read more

High on Fire reveal tentative album title: Snakes for the Divine

Posted on Thursday, November 5th, 2009

The album isn’t expected to drop until sometime in February, so things could change — but according to High on Fire frontman Matt Pike, the sludge metal trio’s forthcoming LP is tentatively titled ‘Snakes for the Divine.’ And Pike says its perhaps the most progressive offering the band’s ever churned ...read more

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