Nirvana’s Nevermind Album Turns 25
Do you remember where you were on September 24th, 1991? That is, if you were even alive, since it was a quarter century ago. I was in class at community college in my home town. As usual I was hanging...
View ArticleMetallica’s Kirk Hammett Opens Up About Music, Himself And More For Ernie Ball
Ernie Ball‘s String Theory series features in-depth interviews with musicians from all genres of music. The latest episode focuses on Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett, and the legendary guitarist opens up like...
View ArticleKirk Windstein Of Crowbar On The Serpent Only Lies, Fans And Much More!
The almighty Crowbar will be releasing The Serpent Only Lies on October 28th via Entertainment One (eOne). As you’ve heard from the ‘Falling While Rising’ and ‘Plasmic and Pure’ singles, the NOLA...
View ArticlePaschalis Theotokis Shares Hardwired… To Self-Destruct In Two Minutes Video
The new Metallica album is out, and YouTuber Paschalis Theotokis has decided to take on Hardwired… to Self-Destruct in his own brilliant way. We’ve seen him perform 99 Metallica songs in 10 minutes, 70...
View ArticleMachine Head’s The More Things Change… Album Turns 20
On March 25th Machine Head's impeccable second album The More Things Change... (Roadrunner) turned 20 years old. Released at a time when thrash was struggling, and hardcore metal bands were mostly in a...
View ArticleMartyr Defiled – Young Gods
It could be argued that Deathcore as a genre has become stagnant with bands happy to stay the course whilst offering nothing more than small changes in sound, almost unable or not willing to push...
View ArticleThe Sword – Greetings From…
'Greetings From…' (Universal) is the latest live offering from The Sword. Greetings From… tries to capture the swank and swagger from The Sword’s live show and condense it into album form. It’s a...
View ArticleBlackout – The Horse
Brooklyn’s Blackout is the type of band that likes to lay it on real thick. And that’s not to be mistaken with exaggeration; if Blackout excel at one thing on 'The Horse' (Riding Easy) its putting down...
View ArticleProphets of Rage – Prophets Of Rage
Once in a while, the art that society needs to help it pull through collective dark times comes along right at the precise time. In another life, that album would have been a new album from a reunited...
View ArticleNomasta – House of the Tiger King
House of the Tiger King (Self-Released) is a record that very much wears its influences on its sleeve. Born out of Leeds’ underground DIY scene, the members of Nomasta have put in the legwork over the...
View ArticleLord Dying – Vaporizer – Lunglust: Live At O’Brien’s Allston MA
Thankfully for the majority of shows I have been to this year, the brutal winter weather has been no match for the brutal live music scene. Although O'Brien's barely holds 100 people, the joint was...
View ArticleWolvhammer – Clawing Into Black Sun
It’s not often you find a black metal album you can dance to, but Wolvhammer seem to have produced a sound that does just that. Mixing up doses of black metal with rock sensibilities their music is...
View ArticleBlack Label Society Announce UK Tour Dates
Rejoice lovers of all things riff-related, Zakk Wylde and his massive case of riffs are returning to the UK next year when Black Label Society invade the UK. After tearing Download apart this year,...
View ArticleWolf Blood- Wolf Blood
The idea that metal has lost it’s roots is nothing new. I’m sure you’ve heard it too. The complaints that metal has become way too polished and stylized these days. A sound which no layer of grit on...
View ArticleWeed Is Weed – Blunt Force Trauma
When you ask some Stoner Rock and Metal bands about their scene, you’ll find a lot of them will not always directly address themselves as being particularly part of it. Ask Weed Is Weed that question?...
View ArticleYesterday’s Saints – Generation of Vipers
So many bands have referenced the devil in their songs over the years that it’s probably easier to list the artists that haven’t flirted with Old Nick than the ones who have. Still, that doesn’t mean...
View ArticleThe Atomic Bitchwax – Gravitron
Pulling together talent from bands such as Monster Magnet, Godspeed, and Core, psychedelic rockers The Atomic Bitchwax kick off the second quarter of 2015 with their sixth full length release,...
View ArticleWicked Inquisition – Wicked Inquisition
In some people’s minds the history of the 1970s goes a little bit like this: a grey decade of bad fashion and even worse food. Three day weeks and striking miners; thank goodness for punk and Year...
View ArticleMy Favorite Concert Memory: Don Slater of Battlecross
We get lucky once in a while on tour. I mean *really* lucky. My most favorite memory comes from playing Nova Rock in Austria. This was one of the shows we played on our festival run in 2014 where our...
View ArticleHigh on Fire – Luminiferous
I don't know about you, but, I turn into a kid on Christmas morning whenever a band I love announces a new album so I'm sure you can imagine the sheer joy that consumed my being when I finally got my...
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