Buckcherry, 'Black Butterfly' (Atlantic/Eleven Seven)
For these tattooed riff rogues, Rock of Love is still real life.
By Jaan Uhelszki 09.16.08 9:35 AM
Dirty-minded, unrepentant, and awash in bad-boy charm, Black Butterfly makes you forget hair metal's demise was more than 15 years ago. Boiling over with twitchy guitars and naughty propositions that'd make Steven Tyler blush -- if he didn't demand a cut of the Aerosmith-indebted "A Child Called 'It'" -- these Los Angelenos deliver a brash follow-up to 2006's platinum-selling 15.
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Album Review: Metallica's 'Death Magnetic'
With new producer Rick Rubin at the helm, the heavy metal behemoths breathe demonic fire of yore.
By Jaan Uhelszki 09.11.08 6:38 PM
When Rick Rubin signed on to produce a Metallica album two years ago -- ousting Bob Rock after a 15-year, six-album run -- he told the tetchy band members: "I want you to return to Master of Puppets."
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