King's X

This power trio has resolutely followed its own unique path for nearly twenty years,
consistently concocting air-tight, inventive music that falls into an odd-shaped territory
bounded by Primus, Prince and Judas Priest. Its ninth album is no exception, rife as it is
with ballads that are tender -- but never mushy -- and upbeat selections that are
relentlessly dynamic. "Static" evolves out of a repeated ostinato (a la Ravel's "Bol... More >