Articles by Greg Pratt

Soulfly

Savages

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2013

Nine albums in, and it's been fun watching Max Cavalera and his merry crew go from disaffected nu-metal cavemen to respected heavy groove t...

Beaten to Death

Dødsfest!

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2013

A very odd bunch, Norway's Beaten to Death threaten to come across like circus freak show grind. However, they throw in raw, sincere emotiv...

Carcass

Still Rotten

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2013

When British death metal/grindcore granddaddies Carcass broke up in 1995, the album they left behind, Swansong, was far from what most fans...

Ulcerate

Vermis

PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2013

After a couple albums on respected indie Willowtip, New Zealand technical death-grinders Ulcerate have hopped to Relapse for their fourth d...

Gwar's Oderus Urungus Talks Transcending Tragedy on 'Battle Maximus'

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2013

There's never really a dull moment with long-repulsing shock metal kings Gwar, who are about to release their 13th full-length studio disc,...

Gwar

Battle Maximus

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2013

It's an odd thing to objectively rate a Gwar album. If you're a fan, this one is probably a nine. If you're a casual listener, it's a seven...

Carcass Talk Their Return from the Dead with 'Surgical Steel'

PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2013

Back in 1996, grindcore/death metal legends Carcass ended off a genre-changing career with a relative whimper of an album called Swanswong,...

Transient

Transient

PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2013

There's some scuzzy, crust-inflected grindcore from Portland on tap here, with all the screeching female vocals you'd expect, care of one K...