Shawn C. Baker

Never heard of these guys until the other day when I saw this. Instantly intrigued, so I ran through their 2025 album Tyrants of Wrath and d...

  This one here... this had to wait until the weekend (technically, I'm posting this on Monday, but I penned the post itself between Sat...

I rewatched Bryan Fuller's Dust Bunny last night, and I'll be damned - I actually liked it even more upon this second watch! This is...

Another fabulous new track from The Veils. I still haven't seen an announcement pertaining to a new album, but my eyes are open.  ...

I'm on the fence on this one. While I love Loathe's 2020, I Let It in, and It Took Everything , the album cuts its Nü Metal elements...

Not gonna lie, I'm missing the weird Veils I fell in love with on Total Depravity . These last few releases have been so... heavy. And y...

  From the forthcoming album Signal Fire , out June 12th on Relapse Records. Pre-order HERE . NCBD: Here's my NCBD pull for ...

Mr. Brown, our friend Hellman and I hit the Forever Deaf Fest this past Saturday, thus rounding out my Chicago stint. We bought tickets for ...

Writing this Tuesday at 11L12 AM CST. Starting my first morning on the Southside with Black Sabbath's Paranoid . This is a regular ritua...

I am LOVING this new sunn O))) record! Something about the big, thick sonic slabs that these guys' music on vinyl produces as it leaks l...

New music from Monolord. I've always been a bit on the fence with these guys. Nothing on them, I think they came into my awareness at ...

  Doves have a greatest hits coming out, and that's great. I'm not really a greatest hits guy (there are a few), but this... what th...

I was unfamiliar with Nova Twins until I saw Kirill Sokolov's They Will Kill You last Thursday and then again yesterday afternoon. This ...

Was in the mood for some old school, mid-career Slayer, and this is what I landed on. From their 1990 album Seasons in the Abyss , the last ...