Chris Hawkins

Sometimes it is easy to get lost among the weeds when trying to plan out the perfect playlist to adorn…

Before joining Faith No More, Mike Patton was in a band even more extreme for the time period, Mr. Bungle.…

Armored Saint is a simply timeless American Heavy Metal band. Forming in the hotbed of the early L.A. Metal scene,…

Since forming in 2008 in Arkansas, Pallbearer have engineered an exciting career built upon a stunning delivery of Doom Metal.…

With the globe caught in the throes of a devastating pandemic, the country embroiled in social unrest and turmoil, and…

Essential to journalism is the inclusion of objective-based facts and while the media circus surrounding the globe at this point…

One of the most memorable quotes from my early years working came via one of my first bosses who said,…

As the world seems to be on fire and crumbling all around us, it is reassuring to have new music.…

2018’s Phanezoic I: Palaeozoic from The Ocean was a challenging album that gradually gleaned my affections over time becoming more…

Back in the late 1980s, Zakk Wylde burst onto the scene barely out of his teenage years as the replacement…

What can be said about Paradise Lost that has not been said already? Beginning in 1988 (!), the band pioneered…

In this day and age, the lineup for the “Big Four” of thrash has been seemingly carved into stone by…

Two decades ago, I would not have been able to contemplate how huge Behemoth has become nor do I imagine…

Now that Sabbath have abdicated the throne, Candlemass have duly ascended to new heights sitting atop the proverbial holy mountain…

There is so much music out there that there comes a point where one takes a step back to reassess…

The early ‘90s were a revolutionary time for Metal. Though perhaps commercially less viable, the wheat was thoroughly separated from…

Sure, Intronaut play what could be called Prog Metal with a bit of Post Metal thrown in, but that is…

After listening to Volume III, the latest release from Obsidian Tongue about a dozen or so times, it wasn’t until…

I’ve always been a fan of certain scenes in Metal. From New York Death Metal to Norwegian Black Metal, it…

Heavy Metal is the soundtrack for those of us whose lives may seem anachronistic to the current cyberpunk digital world…