The title ‘Rainier Fog’ perfectly encapsulates everything Alice in Chains’ sixth full length (and third with William DuVall) represents. Even when there’s rays of sunlight poking through (see “Never Fade”), this record is 53 minutes of gloom that lingers like the grey skies over the b...
"Ivan generally writes very personal lyrics anyway, if you read his lyrics from [The Way of the Fist], he's an open book, it's his life and his experiences. So everything is very personal, nothing is fictional. We're not talking about mythology or historical events really, it's all...
Loathe, 'I Let It in and It Took Everything' — Feb. 7 Loathe’s brand of hardcore is exclusively for barbarians and knuckle-walkers. If that’s not you, bugger off.I Let It In and It Took Everythingis a jaw-smacking awakening to the new breed of hardcore that gyrates with ...
The guy who wrote a few songs that were widely interpreted as “anti-war” (“One,”“Disposable Heroes”) singing “To secure peace is to prepare for war” was one thing. Wars are, at times, unavoidable. But to move from lyrics that blasted the government (“Justice is lost/Justice ...