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Electric Horsemen

Electric Horsemen
Churchtown Deathbed (2006)

Somewhere - where I have no idea - the idea that traditional stoner-rock could get a huge kick in the ass by adding some of the successful elements of "hardcore" popped into some tattooed (probably grizzly) peoples' heads. I imagine the plethora of people who own the Hydra Head catalog also have a few Eyehategod and Sleep records, and vice … Read more

Heresi

Psalm II: Infusco Ignis
Hydra Head (2006)

In my experience, there is no such thing as a bad one-man black metal project. Every single one I have heard has impressed me in some way or another, and Heresi is no exception to this rule. Although Heresi shares the misanthropic attitudes of other black metal soloists like Xasthur and Leviathan, the sound is significantly more technical and thrashy. … Read more

Urgehal

Goatcraft Torment
Southern Lord (2006)

God bless Southern Lord Records. For many years the label has been the last bastion for all things sludgey and doomish. But as some of the latest releases to come out of their gate prove, they're going back to the Black with a monster roster that sets a beautifully dark tone for the future of the label. Urgehal is one … Read more

Form of Rocket

Men
Sick Room (2006)

SLC, Utah's Form of Rocket is five dudes, just as humble as they are talented, blasting out some really creative and inspiring stuff. They could quite possibly be the best band around right now, as I honestly can't think of a more exciting band. They're seamlessly bridging a wide range of genres all the way from post-hardcore, post-rock, folk, metal, … Read more

Deicide

The Stench of Redemption
Earache (2006)

My only beef is with God. I wake up every day, I curse Him every day, because there is only on person who's responsible for the life I fucking have and that's the bastard who created us. I fucking hate Him. - Glen Benton Oh Glen, you rapscallion, you. You're not fooling anyone with that inverted-cross branded on your forehead. … Read more

The Prize Fighter Inferno

My Brother's Blood Machine
Equal Vision (2006)

There are some things in life that you either love or hate, and one of these are the vocals of Coheed and Cambria frontman and creative mastermind Claudio Sanchez. Much like the notoriously high-pitched Geddy Lee (of Rush), Sanchez has a unique style of singing that is palatable to some, and to others comparable to the wailings of a pre-pubescent … Read more

Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton

Knives Don't Have Your Back
Last Gang (2006)

Emily Haines is a diva. Okay, maybe not in the traditional sense of the word, but if the modern definition - "an extremely independent and talented female singer" - allows individuals like Christina Aguilera and Beyoncé to be considered divas, then Haines is more than deserving. Haines may be most well known for her work fronting Metric, but she has … Read more

Darling New Neighbors

Every Day is Saturday Night
Independent (2006)

Hailing from Austin, Texas, Darling New Neighbors play indie rock with tinges of country that strays into universal pop and traces of folk. Darlings of the southern underground, Every Day is Saturday Night is their debut full-length. Filled with indie rockers, folk-ballads, and eclectic pop tones, it is tied together through stylistic shifts and lyrics of love gone wrong, which … Read more

Eyes of Ligeia

A Fever Which Would Cling to Thee Forever
Paragon (2006)

Ask the founding member of Eyes of Ligeia about his band history and you're likely to get this response… In the cursed year 1998 of the Common Era (not coincidentally corresponding to the Number of the Beast three times over), a new medium was required for the communication of haunting despair and abject misery through music. It was to this … Read more

Live for Today

Taking it Back
Our Pride/Positive Outlook (2006)

No pun intended, but good Lord, how gosh darn posi can one band be? I know straightedge hardcore is supposed to be a positive outlook on one's life and choices, but how much glee club positivity can one muster up and still consider themselves hard? Everything on Northern California's Live for Today debut EP Taking it Back is not just … Read more

Justin Timberlake

Futuresex/Lovesounds
Jive (2006)

You are the biggest solo star of your generation and your first album since leaving the boy-band that made you famous was one of the biggest sellers of that year and everyone is clamoring for your next album; so what do you do? If you are Justin Timberlake, you spend four years making a follow-up that's so radically different from … Read more

Sabertooth Zombie

Midnight Venom
Twelve Gauge (2006)

After lying in bed with scenery consisting of drifting ceilings and absent eyelids, this year can finally end with a night of sleep soaked "z"s. Over three hundred days spent and not many left to live (for 2006) and FINALLY Sabertooth Zombie drops Midnight Venom: eighteen tracks of metallic hardcore that sound like seventy-two hours of no sleep and snakes … Read more

Switchblade

Switchblade
Cyclop Media/Trust No One (2006)

Switchblade is a completely enigmatic group to me. They do not seem to consistently release records with the same labels. I was first introduced to them via their Icarus Inc. - a division of Deathwish Inc- album a couple of years ago. I liked what I heard. These guys are a mostly instrumental behemoth that usually produces long passages of … Read more

Ghost Mice

Europe
Plan-It-X (2006)

"To speak of money and music in the same sentence is a fucking travesty. I'd rather keep losing money, rather keep scraping by than be a part of a scene constantly talks about sales, guarantees, and marketing prowess... Because this is how simple it should be; music is inside you, boiling, and it needs to get out because it's your … Read more

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