Alternative Metal

Opiate

As the title of Tool’s 1992 debut implies, they’re none too impressed by religion, though other targets–fear (“Cold and Ugly”), hypocritical moralizing (“Jerk-Off”), nonconformity (“Hush”)–get their time in the spotlight as well. Opiate is a collection of heavy, aggressive, cynical music (though the tail end of the title track sounds more like acid rock), packaged in songs noticeably …

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Life Starts Now

Three Days Grace has built a dedicated and ever-growing fanbase over the course of two Platinum albums and years of touring in North America. Since their formation, they have had multiple smash hit singles on rock radio and videos that have received extensive play on Fuse, MTV2, and VH1. The band returned to the studio this year with …

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Morning View (Vinyl)

2001 release. Double LP is pressed on 180 gram vinyl. Incubus is ready to pave its own way in the modern rock scene. with the brooding and crunchy musical themes of Morning View, it’s almost hard to imagine that the album was written and recorded in the relaxed atmosphere of a California beach house. Drummer Jose Pasillas offers …

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As Daylight Dies

From their modest beginnings in New England’s Hardcore scene to their current status as one of the most influential and inspirational forces in modern music, Killswitch Engage are now ready to release their new album. With their fourth album, As Daylight Dies, KsE are proving that if you keep playing the game your way, you’ll eventually change the …

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Ashes of the Wake

Major label debut from highly talked about Metal band from Richmond Va. CD contains enhanced exclusive in-studio video. Currently attracting a lot of “buzz” on the 2nd stage of Ozzfest (there is one every year that creates the most hubub & they are it). Playing to crowds of 5,000 plus each night touring through September & signing copies …

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Queen of the Damned

Befitting the film’s hip goth vibe, its accompanying soundtrack is suitably dark and sexy, with a strong mix of new songs and nü-metal hits. In an interesting move, Korn frontman Jonathan Davis collaborated with composer (and former Oingo Boingo keyboardist) Richard Gibbs on 5 of the CD’s 14 tracks, though Davis doesn’t sing his songs. Instead, taking those …

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Guitar Gangsters and Cadillac Blood

Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood is the follow up to the highly successful Rock The Rebel / Metal The Devil, which achieved platinum status in Denmark, as well as the single ‘The Garden s Tale’. Outside their home country it was album of the month in German magazines Rock Hard, Guitar and Heavy, the Dutch Aardschok and the …

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Believe

After the double-platinum, Top 30 success of Y2K’s The Sickness, the Chicago metal quartet Disturbed is back with a much-anticipated sophomore album. Believe is more of everything that made the band’s debut album such a phenomenon – more melodic, more intense, more metal, even more powerful. Says the band: “In an age of nothing, at a time when …

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All Hope Is Gone

After over 5 million albums sold in the US, Slipknot returns with their most powerfulstatement yet – All Hope Is Gone. Filled with the fury people have come to expect fromSlipknot as well as some extraordinary surprises, this album is the culmination of theband’ s 9 unique members, three platinum albums and their 10 year journey at the …

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Rage Against the Machine (Vinyl)

Formed in 1991, Rage Against the Machine opened the gates of a new boundary-obliterating rock-rap musical alliance with the band’s literate and politically-charged debut album. Featuring band members Tim Commerford, Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello and Brad Wilk, Rage Against the Machine became a critical and commercial success, selling millions of copies around the world while attaining …

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