Articles by Keith Carman
Pulling Teeth
Funerary
PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2011
What the hell is going on with Pulling Teeth these days? While previous albums were uncompromising shots of directness and venom, for their...
Victims
A Dissident
PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2011
One day, it would be great to sit every one of those bands that think they're heavy, dirty, angry and volatile down in a room and play some...
Between the Buried and Me
The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues
PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2011
Everyone loves Between the Buried and Me so much that it seems as if they could shit onto two-inch tape and people would eat it up like can...
Various
Dirty Water 2: More Birth Of Punk Attitude
PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2011
As noted in its title, Dirty Water 2 is a double-CD exercise in pinning down the origins of punk rock. While many would imagine such an eff...
Buzzov*en
Revelation: Sick Again
PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2011
There are few albums in musical history that garner massive attention for taking forever to reach the general populace. Obviously none will...
Trigger Effect
Versitis Maximus
PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2011
Many years into their career, Montreal's Trigger Effect are only now beginning to truly take shape, a reality enforced by latest effort Ver...
Cavalera Conspiracy
Blunt Force Trauma
PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2011
When the Cavalera brothers announced their reunion some three years ago, the metal world breathed a collective sigh of relief. Still, we we...
Various
Sin-Atra
PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2011
Metal guys paying homage to Old Blue Eyes sounds like a great idea, but so did the Hindenburg and the Titanic in their day. Speaking of, th...