ADAM AGAIN PERFECTA 1995 Brainstorm Review by: Matt Crosslin Perfecta is the rawest and (at times) loudest Adam Again disc. One reviewer even called it “the book of Job of music.” This would be a very apt description. Gene’s voice is pretty desperate at places here – whether he is asking himself what to do…
ADAM AGAIN DIG 1992 Brainstorm Review by: Matt Crosslin This is where it started for me with Adam Again… the first album of theirs that I ever heard. This album, along with L.S.U.’s The Grape Prophet and Pray Naked by The 77s, also helped me transition from a diehard metal-head punk to a person with…
STARFLYER 59 DIAL M 2008 Tooth & Nail Purchase: toothandnail.com Review by: Matt Crosslin This Starflyer disc has been a long time coming. Twenty songs were originally recorded by Jason Martin and company and released on ten seven inch vinyl discs as the Ghosts of the Future box set. Ten of the best songs from…
JERRY OLIVER DEATH OF THE AVANTE-GARDE 2008 Odd Records Purchase: www.jerryoliver.com Review by: Matt Crosslin Jerry Oliver was the leader of band called Peculiar Red that made a splash in the Midwest in the mid-90’s. Jerry has been busy releasing solo CDs since then. Death of the Avant-Garde has been garnering so positive reviews since…
GLENN ROWLANDS RED ROAD 2008 Independent glennrowlands.bandcage.com Review by: Matt Crosslin The common reaction that I get when I mention this new Glenn Rowlands disc to people is: “that name sounds familiar – but I can’t remember where.” Glenn was an underground name back in the late 80s and early 90s. He was in the…
KING’S X XV 2008 InsideOut Music Purchase: kingsxrocks.com Review by: Matt Crosslin You probably already know whether you are going to get this album or not. You have either stuck with King’s X through all of the Black Maniac Bulbous weirdness and will still get this, or bailed when they got weird and have no…
WRIT ON WATER ANCESTRAL ECHO/WUNDERZEIT! 2008 Cyrus Shade Recordings Purchase: writonwater.com Review by: Matt Crosslin This single disc is a collection of two EPs combined on to one disc. Both EPs contain some songs that were considered for A Wingless King, but didn’t quite fit. For lack of a better description, songs were grouped in…
FINAL AXE BEYOND HELL’S GATE 2005 Retroactive Records Purchase: Try eBay Review by: Matt Crosslin Classic metal album that has already seen a few re-issues. So why review it here? Isn’t the last re-issue already kind of old? Well, yes – and hard to find. Word is that Retroactive Records is going to re-issue it…
CHRIS FREEMAN CITY OF GOD 2007 Independent Purchase: clfmusic.com Review by: Matt Crosslin Yes, Chris was the guitarist for G.S. Megaphone. That might be cool with you, but there are some that grew really tired of the whole nu-metal/Creed clone/pseudo-grunge sound that GSM and a hundred other bands cranked out in late 90s. The interesting…
ARADHNA AMRIT VANI 2007 Independent Purchase: aradhnamusic.com Review by: Matt Crosslin “Who or what is Aradhna?” you might be asking yourself. Aradhna is a Hindi word that means worship. The band that uses that word for their name is a group that writes Christian worship songs in a mixture of Western and Eastern styles. The…