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Nothing to warm the cockles like some damn good metal for review. This week was no exception. First off let me say a few words about the single from the new band Reason called “Before the Dawn”. It's not a bad track but the drums are odd sounding (think “St. Anger” odd) and the ...

With Shawn Brandon and Jared Sasso on guitars, Chad Gregory on bass, Ron Parmer on drums Mike Vredeveld on vocals, Catalysis is a mighty new metal band on the scene that has something to say. The band formed in 2008...

Enjoy this full album stream of the Lullabye Arkestra’s Threats/Worship , courtesy of VICE Records, The Lullabye Arkestra is a husband-wife rock roll duo born in 2001 from the marital union of Kat Taylor-Small (bass/vocals) and Justin Small (drums/vocals). In the time since, the Arkestra has seen a revolving lineup, including an incarnation that included up to twelve musicians. But how many bands really need a dozen jerks to make a racket? Zero. And for their VICE Records debut, the co

This was truly Josh Homme’s day: from the band wot he used to play drums in (Eagles of Death Metal) and the band featuring the bird wot he’s married to (Brody Dalle’s Spinerette), the uber-group wot he’s formed with Dave Grohl (These Crooked Vultures) to the band who’s latest record he produced (headliners, Arctic Monkeys). There was certainly no doubt that Josh Homme and his crew was taking over 2009’s Reading Festival. But that’s not to say that the other bands didn’t put up a damn good figh

LIT’s Jeremy Popoff talks to Eric Blair about The Slidebar and Allen Shellenberger’s brain cancer Allen Shellenberger – “My Hero” tribute video LIT – Worst Enemy DRUM COVER [drums by rebeat2u] Lit drummer Allen Shellenberger dead at 39 Consequence of Sound is a New York- and Chicago-based, worldly influenced music blog that seeks to cover the music world as it has never has been covered before. Features news, reviews, mp3, and festival outlook. Lit Drummer Allen Shellenberg