- Christopher Bahn
- Andy Battaglia
- Aaron Burgess
- Andrew Earles
- Scott Gordon
- Marc Hawthorne
- Jason Heller
- Steven Hyden
- Trevor Kelley
- Genevieve Koski
- Gregg Lagambina
- Michaelangelo Matos
- Chris Mincher
- Josh Modell
- Noel Murray
- Sean O'Neal
- Keith Phipps
- Nathan Rabin
- Kyle Ryan
AARON BURGESS
1. Deathspell Omega, Fas—Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum (13)
2. Battles, Mirrored (12)
3. Melechesh, Emissaries (10)
4. Pig Destroyer, Phantom Limb (10)
5. The Dillinger Escape Plan, Ire Works (9)
6. Grinderman, Grinderman (8)
The raw, lecherous energy spewing from Nick Cave's new splinter group had nostalgists popping wood over the prospect that the taskmaster behind The Bad Seeds' oeuvre might've at last rediscovered the abandon he pioneered with The Birthday Party. And for the first few tracks, at least, that's just the payoff Grinderman promises. (The brutally funny midlife-crisis seizure "No Pussy Blues" is worth the admission fee.) But Cave has come too far as an arranger to lapse into chaos and noise for their own sake, and those who stick around for Grinderman's latter portion—a blend of blues, ballads, and bristling atmospherics—will witness the far scarier power of the man's restraint.
7. Neurosis, Given To The Rising (7)
8. Oxbow, The Narcotic Story (6)
9. Car Bomb, Centralia (6)
10. Anaal Nathrakh, Hell Is Empty And All The Devils Are Here (5)
11. Cephalic Carnage, Xenosapien (4)
12. Behold… The Arctopus, Skullgrid (3)
13. Wold, Screech Owl (3)
14. Psyopus, Our Puzzling Encounters Considered (2)
15. KTL, 2 (2)
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