Articles by Keith Carman

GBH

Perfume And Piss

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2010

Seminal street punk/British hardcore stalwarts GBH have never lacked heart. For the past 30-plus years, their rock-influenced drive and spi...

Black Breath

Heavy Breathing

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2010

Proving the raucous force, fear-instilling aggression and head banging belligerence of their recent debut EP, Razor To Oblivion, were no fl...

Dillinger Escape Plan Get the Blues

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2010

Catharsis has spurred artists to create for centuries. Many of history's most sublime works are the direct result of an effort to purge spi...

Shades Of Sorrow

Shades Of Sorrow

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2010

Thick and menacing, aggressive yet reserved, it's no surprise that metal-influenced quartet Shades of Sorrow hail from the barbaric fertili...

Ludicra

The Tenant

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2010

Once again, with a swoop of blackened fingernails, raspy vocals and iron intent, Ludicra demolish with intricate fury and explosive bittern...

Gamma Ray

To The Metal

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2010

As expected, the 20th studio effort from German power balladeers Gamma Ray contains every bit of the fluffy vocals, searing guitars and sen...

Acrassicauda

Only The Dead See The End Of The War

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2010

In the words of one archaic advertising campaign: they've come a long way, baby. From a very shitty metal band struggling to stay together...

DragonForce

Valley Of The Damned / Sonic Firestorm

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2010

Remixed and remastered just in time for the departure of vocalist ZP Theart, Dragonforce's debut and sophomore efforts, Valley Of The Damne...