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Exalt – Pale Light

I’m not much of a hardcore guy.  Hardcore for me was the old DC shit often associated with Dischord Records.  I still think Lungfish is a “hardcore” band, or more recently Bullets In, so that should illustrate to you just how damn out of touch I am.  Okay, I’m into a few of the early […]

Dead Register – TRNS BLVK

Perhaps it was the gloomy, autumnal cover art of this demo EP that had me thinking, “Ah, just what I don’t want to hear this season, another band doing a poor Katatonia rip-off.”  Don’t peel the bark off my tree please, I’ve been a longtime fan of the Swedish downer rockers, but I usually don’t […]

Disease Concept, The – Your Destroyer

I’m not a big fan of the term “supergroup,” but I’ll be the first to admit that’s a hypocritical asshole statement because it’s not the first time I’ve used it in a review.  The Disease Concept though is one of the few bands to actually earn the dubbing.  This is practically a who’s who of […]