Jul 1, 2011
ARCH ENEMY Khaos Legions (PULP Live Records) Review by: Vernon Go A NEW RELEASE THAT RANKS WITH HEAVY METAL’S GREATEST I am absolutely honored and proud to have PULP release this awesome album in our country. Let me start by saying I rarely like anything this much. My wife Happee likens me to the grumpy old man in that Pixar movie called Up. So when I say...
Jul 1, 2011
BRUNO MARS Doo Woops & Hooligans (Elektra) Review by: Rina Caparras JUST A CASSANOVA OR A MISUNDERSTOOD ARTIST? Bruno Mars and I started on the wrong foot. I disliked his singles – and I disliked them even more when everyone started singing them in school, all over Youtube, on Glee, on American Idol and I mean literally, everywhere. I thought his...
Jul 1, 2011
NERVECELL Preaching Venon (Spellbind Records) Review by: Karen Sy UAE BRINGS FORTH ONE OF THEIR BEST METAL ACTS TO DATE Nervecell is composed of James Khazzai on vocals and bass, Barney Ribeiero on guitars, Ramil Mustafa on lead guitars and for this labum, the band got Australian drummer Dave Haley from Pyscroptic to do their drum tracks, which was engineered by...
Jul 1, 2011
THE BUTCHERCONS Coalesce (Independent) Review by: Jason Caballa NOTHING BUT PURE, PUNK-INFUSED ROCK & ROLL If you missed our extra-large Homegrown feature on the December-January issue, then you may not know that The Butchercons are a relatively new four-piece rock band composed of Hilera’s Bobby Padilla on drums, Moonstar88′s Paolo Bernaldo...
Jul 1, 2011
URBANDUB Sending A Message (MCA) Review by: Cris O. Ramos, Jr. URBANDUB SENDS A HEATFELT TOKEN OF THANKS TO THEIR ARMY OF DUBISTAS Eleven years, six albums and two major solo concerts later, The Sound of the South – Urbandub – has emerged as one of the most revered and loved Pinoy Rock bands in recent memory. The quartet of drummer Janjan Mendoza,...
