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Constants – Pasiflora (2012)

Hailing from Boston, MA, Constants is a self-described “shoe-gaze/post-rock” band that made an early name for themselves with a kind of wall-of-sound brand of late ’90s Brit rock. After a few albums, they decided to tweak their brand away from a metal and heavy rock orientation to focus on a more “vibrant and textural sound,” as their press release indicates. Their new album,Pasiflora, was born from this switch, and it’s a mess of reverb and guitar wash that sounds like one long track.

Cortez – Cortez (2012)

Line-up: Jay – bass,, Matt – vocals, Scott – guitar, Jeremy – drums

Cortez. Conqueror. Killer. Oppressor. Madman. The great god Quetzalcoatl returned as a
blood-mad Spaniard. And now, head-cracking rock n’ roll band. Take a listen, and it’ll all
make sense.

HOMICIDE BLACK – HOMICIDE BLACK 2012

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Homicide Black’s debut CD arrived with a business card slipped under the plastic shrink wrap. Nothing unusual about that, I thought. Then I looked a little closer. Underneath band name there’s a statement, ‘Salvation for an ailing metal world.’ Really? That’s a bold statement from this Pittsburgh power trio.

One clue to Homicide Black’s influences and sound comes from the one cover song on the album, Black Sabbath’s Fairies Were Boots. I always liked the song and the band does a decent job with it. This debut follows in that vein of traditional heavy metal, sometimes with touch of doom metal.

Nigel Dupree – Up to No Good 2012

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NIGEL DUPREE – son of JACKYL frontman Jesse James Dupree – will release his new album, Up To No Good.

In live news, catch The Nigel Dupree Band featuring Nigel on vocals and guitar, Alex Foretich on bass, David Buchanan on guitar, and Sebastian Anderson on drums at the following shows: