Album Review: TRIAL – Sisters of the Moon
Album Reviews
January 29, 2021
Album Review: TRIAL – Sisters of the Moon
Sometimes it is easy to get lost among the weeds when trying to plan out the perfect playlist to adorn…
Album Review: MR. BUNGLE – The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo
Album Reviews
October 30, 2020
Album Review: MR. BUNGLE – The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo
Before joining Faith No More, Mike Patton was in a band even more extreme for the time period, Mr. Bungle.…
Album Review: ARMORED SAINT – Punching the Sky
Album Reviews
October 23, 2020
Album Review: ARMORED SAINT – Punching the Sky
Armored Saint is a simply timeless American Heavy Metal band. Forming in the hotbed of the early L.A. Metal scene,…
Album Review: PALLBEARER – Forgotten Days
Album Reviews
October 23, 2020
Album Review: PALLBEARER – Forgotten Days
Since forming in 2008 in Arkansas, Pallbearer have engineered an exciting career built upon a stunning delivery of Doom Metal.…
Eddie Van Halen: Personal Reflections on his Legacy
Editorial
October 20, 2020
Eddie Van Halen: Personal Reflections on his Legacy
With the globe caught in the throes of a devastating pandemic, the country embroiled in social unrest and turmoil, and…
Album Review: ANAAL NATHRAKH – Endarkenment
Album Reviews
October 2, 2020
Album Review: ANAAL NATHRAKH – Endarkenment
Essential to journalism is the inclusion of objective-based facts and while the media circus surrounding the globe at this point…
Album Review: GREG PUCIATO – Child Soldier: Creator of God
Album Reviews
October 1, 2020
Album Review: GREG PUCIATO – Child Soldier: Creator of God
One of the most memorable quotes from my early years working came via one of my first bosses who said,…
Album Review: ENSLAVED – Utgard
Album Reviews
October 1, 2020
Album Review: ENSLAVED – Utgard
As the world seems to be on fire and crumbling all around us, it is reassuring to have new music.…
Album Review: THE OCEAN – Phanezoic II: Mesozoic/Cenozoic
Album Reviews
September 25, 2020
Album Review: THE OCEAN – Phanezoic II: Mesozoic/Cenozoic
2018’s Phanezoic I: Palaeozoic from The Ocean was a challenging album that gradually gleaned my affections over time becoming more…
Album Review: ZAKK SABBATH – Vertigo
Album Reviews
September 2, 2020
Album Review: ZAKK SABBATH – Vertigo
Back in the late 1980s, Zakk Wylde burst onto the scene barely out of his teenage years as the replacement…
Album Review: PARADISE LOST – Obsidian
Album Reviews
May 15, 2020
Album Review: PARADISE LOST – Obsidian
What can be said about Paradise Lost that has not been said already? Beginning in 1988 (!), the band pioneered…
Album Review: TESTAMENT – Titans of Creation
Album Reviews
April 3, 2020
Album Review: TESTAMENT – Titans of Creation
In this day and age, the lineup for the “Big Four” of thrash has been seemingly carved into stone by…
Album Review: ME AND THAT MAN – New Man, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol.1
Album Reviews
March 27, 2020
Album Review: ME AND THAT MAN – New Man, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol.1
Two decades ago, I would not have been able to contemplate how huge Behemoth has become nor do I imagine…
Album Review: CANDLEMASS – The Pendulum (EP)
Album Reviews
March 27, 2020
Album Review: CANDLEMASS – The Pendulum (EP)
Now that Sabbath have abdicated the throne, Candlemass have duly ascended to new heights sitting atop the proverbial holy mountain…
Album Review: CASKETS OPEN – Concrete Realms of Pain
Album Reviews
March 20, 2020
Album Review: CASKETS OPEN – Concrete Realms of Pain
There is so much music out there that there comes a point where one takes a step back to reassess…
Album Review: MY DYING BRIDE – The Ghost of Orion
Album Reviews
March 6, 2020
Album Review: MY DYING BRIDE – The Ghost of Orion
The early ‘90s were a revolutionary time for Metal. Though perhaps commercially less viable, the wheat was thoroughly separated from…
Album Review: INTRONAUT – Fluid Existential Inversions
Album Reviews
February 27, 2020
Album Review: INTRONAUT – Fluid Existential Inversions
Sure, Intronaut play what could be called Prog Metal with a bit of Post Metal thrown in, but that is…
Album Review: OBSIDIAN TONGUE – Volume III
Album Reviews
January 31, 2020
Album Review: OBSIDIAN TONGUE – Volume III
After listening to Volume III, the latest release from Obsidian Tongue about a dozen or so times, it wasn’t until…
Album Review: KIRK WINDSTEIN – Dream in Motion
Album Reviews
January 24, 2020
Album Review: KIRK WINDSTEIN – Dream in Motion
I’ve always been a fan of certain scenes in Metal. From New York Death Metal to Norwegian Black Metal, it…
Album Review: MIDNIGHT – Rebirth by Blasphemy
Album Reviews
January 24, 2020
Album Review: MIDNIGHT – Rebirth by Blasphemy
Heavy Metal is the soundtrack for those of us whose lives may seem anachronistic to the current cyberpunk digital world…