Planet Rock - USA (2020-04)

Albums

106 PLANET ROCK

ANVIL

Legal At Last

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Canadian metal survivors

never say die.

There is something eternally

endearing about Anvil, and not

just because their excellent

2008 rockumentary Anvil: The Story Of Anvil

made you fall in love with how much they reĥ

ally craved stardom, despite that boat very

obviously having sailed. Here, for instance,

singing proudly about how much they love

weed on the title track and Nabbed In

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groove of Gasoline would make for very good

smoking music here, this is nonetheless a high

time for a band who, admirably, refuse to give

up, come what may. NICK RUSKELL

BEST TRACKS: Legal At Last, Nabbed In

Nebraska, Gasoline

BIG SCENIC NOWHERE

Vision Beyond Horizon

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All-star desert rock

project, led by Yawning

Man and Fu Manchu men.

As the psychedelic rock of

opening track The Glim oozes

through the speakers, you might think

you instantly have the measure of Big Scenic

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ably on any QOTSA album. BSN are the sum

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BEST TRACKS: Mirror Image, Shadows From

The Altar, Tragic Motion Lines

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Norway sextet raze the

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number four.

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from the port of Stavanger,

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A thrilling return. SIMON YOUNG

BEST TRACKS: Bråtebrann, Crack of Doom,

Nekrosoft

MY DYING BRIDE

The Ghost Of Orion

NUCLEAR BLAST

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<orkshire doom legends

find salvation in pain.

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tence on staring into the void

with the hope of it staring back

occasionally borders on the comically

miserable, it has also equipped them with the

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