Jesu – Conqueror (2007: Hydra Head)

Godflesher does drone

jangle and depressive pop

grunge next evolved step

http://www.bluecollardistro.com/hydrahead/product_info.php?products_id=1416&cPath=4_135&store=

http://www.avalancheinc.co.uk/jesu.html

Anvil – This is Thirteen (2009: VH1 Classic Records – a reissue of 2007: self-released)

underwhelming plod

of lunkheaded high hope swings

three decades, slight growth

http://my.tbaytel.net/tgallo/anvil/thirteen.htm

Autumn – My New Time (2007: Metal Blade)

pleasant enough as

Gathering doppelganger

well worn footpath stroll

http://www.autumn-band.com/disco.html

Mayhem – Ordo ad Chao (2007: Season of Mist)

Hell’s own Petri dish

spawns more low-fi rumbledrone

primed for corpsepainting

http://www.myspace.com/officialmayhem/music/albums/ordo-ad-chao-10814953

Alabama Thunderpussy – Open Fire (2007: Relapse)

all the same but not

new throat, stripped down songs rises

but not past Divine

http://www.relapse.com/open-fire-62417.html

http://alabamathunderpussyband.bandcamp.com/