Review: Seattle, so much to answer for. The capital of the Pacific Northwest has had a difficult history in terms of its cultural capital, from a thriving pre-war jazz scene to regulatory changes that drove out many clubs and turned music into a sideshow for restaurants, to the beginnings of punk which then led to the explosion of grunge, if one thing is for sure, you should always listen keenly to what's coming out of the city. La Paire D'Or are a case in point. Here with their debut "waxing", as the Hex Enduction label put it, it's very difficult to figure out how to describe or even label what's here beyond "trippier than most". Steeped in psychedelia, owing as much to synths and gritty garage guitars, at times their tracks are thick, sludgy, perhaps even growly, in other moments they seem to be floating off on a bed of helium, destination unknown.
Review: The sixth full-length from Richmond, Virginia groove metal beasts Lamb Of God (seventh if you count the self-titled Burn The Priest debut) arrived in 2012, three long years removed from 2009's raw cementing of their legacy on Wrath. Reuniting with producer Josh Wilbur, the resulting Resolution would simultaneously boast some of the heaviest yet most progressive output from the band to date, with cuts such as album highlight 'Ghost Walking' exuding melancholic acoustic passages marking a subdued embracing of more leftfield influences. Leave no doubt, however, these solitary ebbs give way to avalanche flows of bombastic grooves and heaving riffage on severely pummelling bangers such as 'Desolation' and 'Barbarosa', resulting in yet another reliably venomous yet sonically braver effort from the metallic stalwarts.
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