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Website: Body Count The Inside Pulse: Oh, how one remembers “Cop Killer” as if it was yesterday. Their first album in over a decade, Ice-T apparently took time out from acting to record Murder 4 Hire with his Body Count brethren. And how things have changed over the last ten years; metal is far more [...]

Website: Before The Dawn The Inside Pulse: Since 2004′s 4:17 am, Tuomos Saukkonen has once again cycled out any other band members to release a project all of his own accord. With his previous efforts being complex but very dark and dreary, The Ghost steers away from this and concentrates more on a progressive death [...]

Yes. The Paris Hilton album leaked, and I’m listening to it right now. Allow me to vent here before I have to compose myself and attempt professional critique. You know Paris Hilton can’t sing. I know Paris Hilton can’t sing. We all knew this before she ever opened her yap and put something on plastic. [...]

Today at work I shall be drowning myself in Christina Aguilera. Wish me luck, and let’s hope that I don’t fail any STD tests when it’s all said and done. Anyway. I’m becoming rather irritated with PR companies who feel the need to hide keythings about bands. I’m not talking about hiding that one of [...]

Last week, I heard Guns ‘n Roses’ “Rocket Queen” on regular rock radio. Of course, “Rocket Queen” was never released as a single. Neither was “My Michelle,” but that’s heard every so often as well. Sure, you have “Sweet Child o’ Mine” as well as “Mr. Brownstone,” “Welcome To the Jungle” and “It’s So Easy.” [...]

I forgot to mention this. Thanks to a lovely tip provided to me by the lovely Chad Bowar, I have achieved my dream. That dream is free Dream Theater. Score is headed my way for review. Goddamn, the world smiles.

Website: Breaking Benjamin The Inside Pulse: One of a slew of radio-ready rock bands, Breaking Benjamin has managed to hold its own distinct fanbase despite overwhelming competition. Melodic with a heaping dose of attitude, the band did well its first two releases and returns with Phobia. The question is whether Breaking Benjamin can hold its [...]

Website: Towers of London The Inside Pulse: England has a history of punk that never stopped being written. Through different times and different flavors, the aesthetic still lives with bands like Towers of London. With their debut Blood Sweat & Towers, this quintet carries on traditions as well as combining today’s newer styles and trends [...]

Website: Venus Hum The Inside Pulse: The trio of trippy electropop known as Venus Hum spills onto the scene with The Colors in the Wheel, a tasty little release of beats laden with hooks. Beautifully mixed, this offering thankfully doesn’t use and abuse cliche sounds that currently plague the land of electronica and instead focuses [...]

Website: Slayer The Inside Pulse: Ahhh, Slayer. What is there to say? They’re legends, they’re stalwarts, and Tom Araya has been using the same stage banter for the last two decades. Similarly, they have always been unwilling to change with the times and instead focus on bringing the Slayer to the table. Christ Illusion is [...]