This is being hyped as a return to the glory days of NYHC via CBGB Sunday matinees late 80s/early 90s.Featuring former/current members of SICK OF IT ALL, KILLING TIME, and MAXIMUM PENALTY,this does have its moments on tracks like "Dismay,"Lost",Strength in Unity" and the title cut.CCC

Select performances from their 2005 North American tour,Dead Can Dance have released a quintessential collection of songs spanning their entire career,packaged in one of the nicest digi-paks you will ever find.The sound quality found here is stellar,as are the performances,from one of the most important musical groups of our time.21 tracks include timeless classics "Severance", "Minus Sanctus", "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" and "Sanvean".This paramount recording belongs in your collection.Have your credit card ready,and call now.CCCCCCCCCCC

Man,do we miss the "SoulCrusher/Make Them Die Slowly" days of WHITE ZOMBIE,when they were a gorgeous noisy mess from NYC' lower east side circa 1986,who couldnt play their instruments.Everything afterwards,including this crap,is overproduced,heartless rubbish.CC

Wwwhhhhooooaaaa,check out the action.Easily by far the most brutal extreme music release of 2006.If it gets any better than this,we want to experience the joy.The GRINDER effortlessly get it right.Leave it to some guys from Philidelphia PA to do so."Stealing E.T. and "Orange and Black Attack" are displays of sublime ferociousness.The Japanese version includes the bands hard to find debut 7 inch.Spread the GRIND.CCCCC

The Jourg finally returns to form.Things were quite shaky after the 1992 classic Psalm 69,(although Rantology is superb).We were hoping Al' fixation with the Bush administration had run its course.Not a chance.MINISTRY have broken out the big guns on tracks "Fear is Big Business" and "LiesLiesLies".With the help of PRONG' Tommy Victor and KILLING JOKE' Raven,The Jourg is back to the front.CCCC

Japan' LeafHound Records once again scoops up a highly overlooked band in the form of ACID KING.Sludge/Doom from San Francisco featuring former 13 vocalist Lori S.This is a decent follow up to the bands classic "Busse Woods" release.With a roster that features CHURCH of MISERY,BLOOD FARMERS,PLACE OF SKULLS and SONIC FLOWER amongst others,LeafHound are making doomsters worldwide smile.CCC