Band:	Poison the Well
Album:	The Tropic Rot

“The Tropic Rot” is the latest album from melodic metal mavens Poison the Well. For those of you left cold by the Morricone antics (read western, twangy music), then fear not. The boys from Florida are back on top of their game or, at the very least, rebounding really well from the unfocused madness that was “Versions”.

PTW are one of the few bands that can write a metal-core album without a breakdown and still make you feel like you’re listening to an absolutely vicious

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I think enough time has passed since the death of Michael Jackson that we can pick up our ongoing series of playlists; a tribute to those artists lost too soon. Plus, if that poll was any indication, the majority of the population has moved on.

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Outside of the “most anticipated” albums, we have two tributes to the great American legend; the cowboy. 

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It is truly unfortunate what happens when someone famous passes away. The more famous, the worse it is. Michael Jackson is only the latest celebrity to have his personal problems aired publicly and his name destroyed posthumously; not that it was in the best shape to begin with.

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Band:	Maylene and the S…
Album:	III

Southern rock has me in it’s tight grip. It’s terrifying really. I know that I should be listening to music that’s pushing the boundaries a little bit more, but I could honestly care less. It’s good, straightforward rock and roll. So why did Maylene and the Sons of Disaster have to mess it up so bad?

The entire band except for lead singer Dallas Taylor and bass player Roman Haviland have said their goodbyes and it doesn’t take long to figure this out.

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