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May 14 Album Reviews

Sleep Token - Even in Arcadia

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What novelty Sleep Token had is already starting to wear off.

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Mar 14 Album Reviews

Spiritbox - Tsunami Sea

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Spiritbox returns with their second album of progressive djent alt metal pop mayhem with a slightly industrial twist here and there.

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Apr 1 Album Reviews

Melanie Martinez - P O R T A L S

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What can I say, the Melanie Martinez boys outdid themselves this time.

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Oct 7 Album Reviews

Frontierer - Oxidized

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Oxidized might just be 2021’s most vicious sonic beating, and your mileage will most certainly vary based on that.

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Mar 4 Album Reviews

Architects - For Those That Wish to Exist

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An over-orchestrated earsore.

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Oct 13 Album Reviews

Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep of Reason

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Djent progenitor Meshuggah keeps beating a dead horse on its latest album.

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Nov 14 Album Reviews

YUNOREVIEW: NOVEMBER 2014

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The magical monthly segment where I briefly touch down on a gauntlet of albums I didn’t get a chance to review this past month. These are just my short, straightforward, passionate, biased opinions. These are the albums I touch down on: Killjoy Club – Reindeer Games Grouper – Ruins Wiley – Snakes

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Feb 14 2012

Meshuggah- "Break Those Bones Whose Sinews Gave it Motion"

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Coming out March 26h on Nuclear Blast, here is a track from the forthcoming Meshuggah album, Koloss. Like usual, the band’s riffs hit a strong, oddly timed groove. Stylistically, it’s nothing incredibly new for the band, but I think it still manages to reach a darker shade of

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