Articles by Greg Pratt

Sourvein

Black Fangs

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2011

All hail the new wave of sludge, as bands like Weedeater, Fistula and Sourvein are taking the traditionalist sludge sound laid down by the...

E Street Band's Clarence Clemons Dead at 69

PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2011

The world of rock'n'roll took a hard hit on Saturday (June 18) when Clarence Clemons, saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Ba...

Looking For An Answer

Eterno Treblinka

PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2011

This third full-length from these Spanish grinders sees them landing a deal with Relapse, and it's an appropriate home, as here the band pu...

Isis

Live I-V

PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2011

They broke-up last year, but Isis are giving us one more thing to remember them by. Actually, make that a series of things: five live album...

U.D.O.

Rev-Raptor

PUBLISHED May 31, 2011

What is a Rev-Raptor? And why is the cover art for this, Udo Dirkschneider's 13th album under the U.D.O. moniker, so silly? Is he even tryi...

Cave In

PUBLISHED May 29, 2011

Five years after releasing their last album, Perfect Pitch Black, Boston's space-rock/metalcore pioneers Cave In are back with the much-ant...

Vastum

Carnal Law

PUBLISHED May 28, 2011

Listening to this album before reading a single word about this band was a fun experience, as Vastum's take on slow, grimy death metal had...

Tombs

Path of Totality

PUBLISHED May 28, 2011

On their new full-length, Brooklyn, NY's Tombs continue down the path they've set for themselves with their previous work. But exactly what...