Articles by Greg Pratt

Carcass

Surgical Steel

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2013

Carcass know how to make a return. "1985," the instrumental opener for this, their first album since 1996's Swansong, sends goosebumps all...

Evocation

Excised and Anatomised

PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2013

This is a fun little EP from Swedish death metal should-have-beens Evocation, who returned from the grave in the late '00s and have been co...

Phil Anselmo

Flying the Metal Flag High

PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2013

It's more than a little intimidating placing a call to Phil Anselmo. This is, after all, the man who has fronted one of metal's most notori...

Propagandhi

How to Clean Everything

PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2013

For young Canadian punks, Propagandhi's How to Clean Everything was a game-changer. Twenty years later, the band have progressed far beyond...

Norma Jean

Get Uglier

PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2013

Atlanta metalcore trailblazers Norma Jean are doing the exact opposite of what their peers are doing — on the excellent Wrongdoers, t...

Newsted

Heavy Metal Music

PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2013

Definitely a big miss on the album title, given that Jason Newsted isn't fronting an ESL trad metal band from 1984. Oh well, he makes up fo...

Norma Jean Discuss the "Raw" Sound of 'Wrongdoers,' Ponder Live Album

PUBLISHED Aug 12, 2013

Despite the addition of three new members since their last album, 2010's excellent Meridional, Atlanta metalcore heaven raisers Norma Jean...

Phil Anselmo Talks Moving Forward with "New and Fresh" Solo Album

PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2013

Walk Through Exits Only, the first album from ex-Pantera and current Down frontman Phil Anselmo as Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals, is a s...