Om: My Top 10 Songs
From out of the ashes of legendary doom band Sleep (their first breakup, anyway), a unique duo (and eventual trio) was born. Incorporating drone and trance elements into a gritty rhythm section showcase, they’ve proven […]
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Imagene Peise: My Top 5 Songs
Busting out a new alter ego for a Christmas album, the members of the Flaming Lips retooled some holiday standards and threw in a few originals in the bargain. It’s not quite traditional, with its […]
Black Sabbath: My Top 10 Songs
That’s right, here they are—the lords of darkness themselves. While certainly not the only contributor to our modern conception of heavy metal, for my money, Sabbath were the ones to solidify it as something that […]
All Them Witches: My Top 10 Songs
Unleashing their so-called “psyche-Delta blues,” this Nashville quartet has tapped into roots rock with tinges of folklore and the occult. Turning extensive jams into groovy, beguiling song-spells is their specialty, and they’ve perfected it despite […]
Burn the Priest: My Top 10 Songs
Technically an incarnation of the better-known Lamb of God, these Richmond fellows adopted the more incendiary moniker for their first official release and a latter-career covers album. With these albums being quite different stylistically (not […]
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe: My Top 5 Songs
Determined to work together but lacking legal access to their previous band name, current and ex-members of Yes convened in the late 1980s for a one-off project that…very much feels like a product of the […]
Marillion: My Top 10 Songs
As pioneers of the neo-progressive movement in the 1980s, these Aylesbury artists have defied comparisons with their progressive rock forebears and steadily forged their own multifaceted identity. Crowdfunding before it was cool, they’ve managed to […]
Shrinebuilder: My Top 5 Songs
A collaboration of doomy proportions, this supergroup featured members of multiple metal mainstays including the Melvins, Sleep, Neurosis, Saint Vitus, and Big Business. Their self-titled effort took from all members’ experiences, constructing an indelible monument […]
U2: My Top 10 Songs
This Irish quartet have endured their fair share of spirited backlash (some of it warranted) in addition to their seismic popularity and well-deserved plaudits. Say what you will; this is a band not determined to […]
System of a Down: My Top 10 Songs
It is by some divine miracle that this band managed to achieve not only success but mainstream popularity, with their strange brew of nu metal chugging, Middle Eastern rhythms, and Dadaist excursions. While their output […]