Kadavar: Rough Times
Berlin heavy rockers Kadavar stuck in the morass of heavy rock's conventions.
stoner rock
Mastodon: Cold Dark Place EP
This EP is essential listening for any Mastodon fans who've followed the band into the 2010's without an excess of griping about what the band used to be.
Lecherous Gaze: One Fifteen
Lecherous Gaze continues earning its genre-jumping wings, one hyphen at a time.
Lesbian: Hallucinogenesis
New singer, new concept: Lesbian gets higher and higher with latest release.
Black Mountain: IV
Black Mountain blends the best of its heavy and progressive tendencies on a record that proves that space can also be sexy.
Sweat Lodge: Talismana
The Sword aren't the only Austin band capable of kicking up a little 4:20-friendly riffology
Demon Eye: Tempora Infernalia
The North Carolina outfit unleashes a furious, heavy record, but don't let that fool you into thinking this is a one-trick pony.
Black Moth: Condemned to Hope
For headbangers who like to bash their heads really slowly, Condemned to Hope will do the trick.
Dead Meadow: Warble Womb
Note to Dead Meadow… A 75 minute double album seems a bit self-indulgent and pointless when your fan base is not exactly known to have the lengthiest attention span!