Artist: Gwar Album: Bloody Pit of Horror Label: Metal Blade Records Release Date: Nov. 9 Grade: B Gwar has seldom employed sonic or lyrical innovation beyond the hulking mass of thrash and doom metal bands since Black Sabbath, and with Bloody Pit of Horror, the legendary metal outfit continues the trend. Thrash metal fans can join in bullhorns for Gwar's 12th studio effort.
Artist: Elvis Costello Album: National Ransom Release Date: Nov. 2 Label: Warner Bros. Grade: A
There's something to be said when a concertgoer finds a skateboard's crash landing off to his left more interesting than the show in front of them.
Movie: Due Date Release Date: Nov. 5 Grade: B+
Flooring, shower curtains and binders are all recognizable items used at UB. What is not recognizable, however, is the poison plastic that is used to make these items. Polyvinyl chloride commonly known as PVC, is a poisonous plastic used regularly in nearly 100 everyday materials in many universities and households.
Movie: Saw 3D Release Date: Oct. 29 Grade: B+ Six years ago, audiences were first hit with Saw, an intensely thrilling and gory horror film that quickly became a hit with moviegoers and revolutionized the horror genre.
The floors of HSBC Arena were covered in Natty Ice cans, Birkenstocks and Kan Jam discs on Tuesday night as fans waited in anticipation for the "bro-gods," the Dave Matthews Band. The Dave Matthews Band has a large base of both diehard fans as well as casual ones.
Grade: A As two planets lie on the brink of destruction, hopeful parents launch their kids toward Earth.
Album: Punk Goes Pop Vol. 3 Label: Fearless Release Date: Nov. 2 Grade: D The Punk Goes? series has earned itself a reputation for putting out original and mostly well-received cover compilation albums.
Album: Small Craft on a Milk Sea Artist: Brian Eno Label: Warp Records Release Date: Nov. 2 Grade: A Brian Eno, legendary producer of Coldplay, U2 and Talking Heads, has graced the Warp record label with a brand new solo outing entitled Small Craft on a Milk Sea. Excitement for the album will hit hardest for fans of the electronic/ambient genre that he helped create, and for good reason.
Bruce Wayne ? The Long Road Home: Ra's al Ghul Ra's is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, one of the scariest and most powerful men alive in the DC universe.
"You gotta have hope, 'cause nothing else will save the day."
Movie: Hereafter Release Date: Oct. 22 Grade: C
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