Lord Mantis, Wetnurse to slay East Coast
Lord Mantis Seventh Rule labelmates Lord Mantis and Wetnurse are teaming up on a US East Coast mini-tour. (See dates below.) Lord Mantis’ Spawning the Nephilim, which I reviewed for Decibel (#56, Isis cover), is no joke. I compared it to Kylesa and Khanate; Blabbermouth compared it to Black Cobra and Khanate. It’s brutal. Wetnurse...
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
After only a minute, I was violently allergic. That singing – ouch. I felt as if an old friend had showed up in a shiny new Hummer. Something had changed irreparably. Oblivion Actually, I had seen it coming. Crack the Skye (Reprise, 2009) is the next logical step in Mastodon’s evolution from metal band to...