Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of Denver, Colorado blackened doom-sludge misanthropes PRIMITIVE MAN! Formed in early 2012 and featuring current and former members of Withered, Clinging To The Trees of A Forest Fire, Death of Self and Reproacher, Primitive Man – drummer Isidro "Spy" Soto , vocalist/guitarist Ethan Lee McCarthy, and bassist Jonathan Campos -- released their malicious Scorn debut earlier this year via a collaboration between Throatruiner and Mordgrimm Records. The band also self-released a three-song EP in February titled P/M. Dubbed a " totally malignant sounding record and one that will consume [...]
UK-based dirty rock n' roll trio GRIFTER are ready to start the recording of the follow up to their self-titled 2011 debut, which will appear later in the year on Ripple Music on CD and...VINYL!!!! Guinness splatter vinyl no less!!! The working title for the album is "The Return Of The Bearded Brethren" and will feature artwork from up and coming tattoo artist Jamie Campbell. Tracks from the album will include 'Braggard's Boast,' 'Black Gold,' 'It's Not Me It's You,' 'She Mountain,' 'Princess Leia,' 'Fire Water,' 'Paranoiac Blues,' 'The Return Of [...]
It seems like I don't hear much talk about Golden Earring and that's a shame. They are arguably Holland's most successful musical group and have crafted some classic hard rock albums over their 40 years of existence. Moontan with it's undeniable driving single, "Radar Love" and Cut with the dynamic "Twilight Zone" would certainly be found on their list of classics. This album isn't. Released in 1978 when the band was in a post-Moontan hangover, Golden Earring was lost. They were unable to follow the amazing success of 1974's Moontan, which really was [...]
Tame Maybe, Albeit Powerful Power chords for the ages. Let’s name some. Maybe start with “Baba O’Riley.” Legendary. Its legacy not the slightest bit watered down by the fact Townsend has allowed his most recognizable riffs to recently hawk CSI, Buick, suga-rfree gluten-infused Frosted flakes, whatever. Well, at least I think so. At any rate, the tour de force that everyone simply calls "Teenage Wasteland" is anything but – it’s glorious, inspiring, ageless. How about “Smoke on the Water?” Iconic. But if given a choice I'd take BDP's [...]
It’s sometimes a good thing to get a band that I’ve never heard before, sometimes it isn’t, and luckily this time it was a pleasant surprise to get this one. This Berlin, Germany band grabbed me with its first catchy hook and didn’t let go of my ears. Playing a mix of rock, indie, and punk, this band really did an outstanding job with their own production job that gave enough of a rough edge to add to the sound without taking anything away from the sonic power that they lay out on this album. This hook-laden album [...]
Twelve. Twelve months in a year. Twelve tribes of Israel. Twelve disciples of Christ. Twelve days of Christmas. The human body has twelve cranial nerves. The Zodiac is comprised of twelve signs. Twelve is also the basis for Jesse Brewster's most recent project, March Of Tracks. You may remember Brewster from my review of his prior release, Wrecking Ball At The Concert Hall. He is a cowboy-tinged outlaw rocker, but without the hat, bandelero and pistols. For the March Of Tracks project Brewster will write, record and release one single every [...]
Lineup for these one-off shows features original members and Robert Levon Been from Black Rebel Motorcycle Club New York, June 7, 2013: Santa Cruz seminal-rock band The Call is cherished by its devoted fanbase but criminally underrated by the mainstream, despite powerful radio singles like "Let The Day Begin," "I Still Believe (Great Design)" and "The Walls Came Down." In two decades, [...]
POWER TRIP are a five piece band from Dallas, Texas that perfectly blend the glory days of the crossover thrash scene with searing hardcore and have made a name for themselves through their excellent releases as well as building prominence from their intense live shows. Their first full-length for Southern Lord Records is eight tracks of intense circle-pitting thrash with some heavy hardcore leanings. The album starts off with the maelstrom “Manifest Decimation” full of feedback and effects, creating a nerve wracking preview of the rest of the album. The song kicks in fast and frantic, with vocalist [...]
L-R: Final Trigger Current Line Up | JJ (Drums) | Profit G (DJ/Vocals/Keys) | J-Roc (Vocals/Guitar) | Skitzo Da Clown (Hypeman) | Fazio (Bass/Vocals) Photo Credit – Vanessa D’Arpino Canadian skrap metal innovators FINAL TRIGGER are offering their latest single 'Face It' for FREE download from their upcoming album 'Skrap Metal Vol. II' set for release on July 9th via Boonsdale Records . [...]
Being as I’m new to The Ripple Effect, I should start by saying that I’m a big fan of Small Stone Records and I’ve reviewed a bunch of their releases over the past 3 years or so. I don’t necessarily like everything they put out, but no matter what the band’s sound is, it consistently sounds amazing in the audio quality department. It’s always worth a listen. This time around, Small Stone has re-issued The Long The Beard The Harder The Sound by Italian heavy groovers Isaak (formerly Ghandi’s Gun). The re-issue features 4 additional [...]
New message from the Godfathers of proto-heavy Metal - Budgie We are pleased to be able to announce that the Nightflight CD Remaster is now available. Bonus tracks are, She Used Me Up and Superstar both live from The NIGHTFLIGHT Tour of 1981. All orders received by the 10th June will receive signed copies of the Album [...]
I've been listening to and enjoying a lot of the new music that comes my way via Ripple but the album that I have been cranking the most at home, in my car and on my iPod right now is UFO's 1977 album Lights Out. I need to work out this "obsession" before I can move on and start writing up some of the deserving new discs of this year. One of the biggest things that got me involved with Ripple six years ago (!) is that Racer and Pope are old fucks like me who haven't given up the [...]
Classic deep purple homage in the opening track. Pure rock and heavy metal vibe ripping through the speakers. Good, crisp, production. 70's free type of sound with a solid modern metal edge. I'm enjoying this opening track. "Little Black Book Of Songs" excellent opener. These vocals are amazing. Here is what fans of hard rock have been searching for. A fine introduction to the band and Doogie's vocal prowess. Powerful, cutting, guitar and vocal driven. One thing about La Paz, they are a solid rock band. "Don't Drink with The Devil". There is a [...]
When I listen to this band’s self-titled LP, I have a sweeping sense of nostalgia from my high school days. Summers off. Driving late at night with the music cranked to ten. Singing the Ataris and MXPX at the top of my lungs with my friends. My first bands I played in. They all center on a high energy, honest pop-punk that is lost in today’s market. The old mainstays like Greenday and Blink-182 are shells of their former selves, and the Ataris last album was so self-serious and dark that [...]
First let me say congrats on the album. Hands down one of the best hard rock/metal albums I have heard in a long time. Powerful and carefully crafted, the songs are strong and catchy. Thanksvery much. I amvery happy and veryproud of the album. 1. Do you have a favorite track on the album? Its still very fresh for me and I am enjoying the songs coming up randomly. It is very difficult to have a favourite as they are all very strong some [...]
It's just so hard to please some people, especially when they aren't sure what they want. Take my friend Ray for example. He was complaining that his life was kind of dull and he needed some excitement. I happen to have a pretty good idea of what is exciting to me, but I guess I should have thought that whole evening through a little more. I mean, yeah, I should have asked if he had any food allergies before we ate that sushi off of the stripper. But I don't think you can blame [...]
Swedish psychedelic / progressive doomsters NEW KEEPERS OF THE WATER TOWERS have released their third and highly-anticipated full-length album, The Cosmic Child , in North America via Listenable Records. The band had this to say regarding the recording, "It is our most ambitious work yet. 47 minutes filled with dark but majestic melodies, psychedelic passages and a doomy groove. Some have gone to the lengths of calling it "Dark side of the Doom" (With reference to Pink Floyds legendary album with a similar title) and [...]
Becoming a teenager in the early 1980s was a cool time, lots of different styles of music on the radio, if you lived in or near a large city, and luckily I did. That helped to influence and shapes my tastes that still hold to this day. New wave, I love it. WEAREOFF bring me right back to the days of my youth with their take on new wave that has none of the cheesiness and insipidness that a lot of people think of when they think of new wave. This band plays the early style of music [...]
Ape Machine from Portland, OR are a band I have heard of but never really listened to and shame on me for that. Because here is Mangled By The Machine their third full-length album, the first for Ripple Music, and it absolutely crushes. Damn, it's such an eclectic mix of influences out of which they have created a melting pot of extremely good, nay, great heavy-ass music. And I have to agree with the band when they say, and I quote "Ape Machine is out to pound the apathy out of otherwise jaded listeners with a wall of heavy rock [...]
Kaotoxin Records will release Hand of Glory from French instrumental doom act THE LUMBERJACK FEEDBACK on July 2nd in France and August 6th in the UK and U.S. "Loud and Low" is the motto for a band playing with two drummers that anchor a sound rife with dynamics and contrast, while the EP as a whole works as a hypnotizing, [...]
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