Articles by Greg Pratt

Putresence

Sledgehammer Holocaust

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2008

Winnipeg, MB’s purveyors of prairie gore are back with a full-length that’s going to prove once and for all these guys mean business. Sure,...

Relentless / Ruin

Relentless / Ruin

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2008

Neat idea here, a split EP (double pleasure for short attention span folks!) of the two Swedish bands that came together to form Coldworker...

Total Fucking Destruction

Peace, Love and Total Fucking Destruction

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2008

Weirdo grinders TFD are becoming less a band and more a strange audio manifesto or psychological experiment. What’s with the crazy, impenet...

Various

We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2008

Wow, I’ve been waiting for ages for a Live Aid-esque smorgasbord of hair metal vets playing Christmas carols. Good thing Eagle Rock has tea...

Putrescence’s Mike Alexander

PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2008

Having already titled albums Dawn of the Necrofecalizer, Fatal White Pustules upon Septic Organs, and a personal fave, Mangled, Hollowed Ou...

Exodus

Let there be Blood

PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2008

To some, it may be blasphemy for classic thrashers Exodus to re-record their ’85 debut, Bonded by Blood, with current vocalist Rob Dukes si...

Ghoulunatics

The Beast of

PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2008

Here’s a little something to celebrate the passing of one of Canada’s coolest unsung bands, Quebec’s Ghoulunatics. This disc looks back at...

Rotten Sound

Cycles

PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2008

This latest full-length from Finland’s finest kicks off with a nod to the old school: 51 seconds of crawling chainsaw guitar grind that’s e...