Crash and Burn

by Alex HendersonSome of the headbangers who emerged in the 1980s made a conscious effort to change with the times after alternative became rock's primary direction in the '90s. Metallica took the alternative plunge in a major way with 1996's Load, Mötley Crüe incorporated industrial and grunge elements, and Tommy Lee embraced rap-metal with his Methods of Mayhem project of 1999. But other veteran headbangers stuck with '80s-style metal, including Sinner -- whose Crash and Burn is a 2008 release sounds like it could have been recorded around 1984 or 1985. Indeed, play Crash and Burn after listening to albums that Sinner actually recorded … » Read more