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24 Jul
by Matt Loomis
This is it, my friends: record of the year. On their third release, Torche have officially done the impossible, bridging the worlds of pop melodies and doom/sludge together into one monolithic record that will have rock critics standing in line at Costco for extra boxes of Depends. The first song, “Across The Shields,” boasts enough hook mastery to make Dave Grohl rethink his chosen career path; leading into the heavy, heavy, heavy “Amnesian” that sounds like the song Kyuss only wished they would’ve written. Then, just when you’re on hook overload, here comes the title track, which lurches along at the pace of a funeral procession. And that’s only within the first 20 minutes…

17 Jul

Somehow today ended up being metal day over on the front page, with Spencer’s interview with Metalocalypse creator - and musical mad genius behind Dethklok - Brendan Small going up alongside reviews of the new Torche and Kayo Dot CDs. Read it, then click on banners and make me money so I can afford to eat more Chronic Tacos. GO.
