Articles by Greg Pratt

Saskatoon's Untimely Demise Sign with Sonic Unyon Metal

PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2011

Hey, longhair, haven't heard of Untimely Demise? That will change soon enough, as the Saskatoon, SK-based thrash/death metal band have sign...

Ed Gein Return with "No Extraneous Bullshit" on 'Bad Luck'

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2011

Back when New Yorkers Ed Gein dropped their last album, the cool and underrated Judas Goats & Dieseleaters in 2005, metalcore was exciting...

Def Leppard

Rock the Cradle: Dreamin' with Def Leppard

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2011

These CDs that take hard rock and metal songs and turn them into kids' lullabies are, obviously, kind of fun if you're a rocker parent. If...

Voivod Talk 'Warriors of Ice,' New Studio Album

PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2011

Despite all their achievements and career highs, it's interesting to note that Quebec prog metal trailblazers Voivod have never released a...

Ed Gein

Bad Luck

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

After a couple of way-above-average and very unique technical, sludgey metalcore albums (the best of which was their last, 2005's excellent...

Death

Human

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

A reissue of Death's 1991 offering, Human, is always, under any circumstances, welcome. And Relapse offering up double- and triple-disc ver...

Elitist

Fear in a Handful of Dust

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

This Portland, OR-based band take the best elements of several aspects of extreme metal and combine them for one punishing and enjoyable li...

General Surgery

Necrology

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

A bit of an unsung classic in the gore-grind scene, this 1991 debut EP from Swedes General Surgery is horribly and wonderfully grotesque: u...