Satisfying hunger is an unbeatable feeling! This past Sunday night, a metal-starved London crowd was able to do just that, when Trivium, Heaven Shall Burn, and Malevolence blew the roof off Hammersmith’s Eventim Apollo after the good old Covid [...]
It’s a new year, and a new winter; that means we have to trek through the grim and frostbitten tracks of black metal. This year brings us As in Gardens, So In Tombs, the latest offering of Finnish symphonic black metal veterans And Oceans. For being [...]
As it was with every Memoriam album so far, here I am again to dissect, analyze and point out the badassery of the newest endeavor of Bolt Thrower’s spiritual successor. The war veterans are now in their fifth full length and ‘Rise to [...]
After seven years, the Winery Dogs are back to scratch that itch with their appropriately titled third album, III. Just in case you are new to this super-powered trio, the band is Richie Kotzen (vocals, guitar)), Billy Sheehan (bass, backing vocals) and [...]
If a requiem for humanity feels close at hand, Katatonia could serve up the soundtrack while it all fades to black. Darkly romantic, meritoriously melancholic, few bear the dark torch quite so well. Over thirty years into their career, on January 20th, [...]
There’s a Monster’s of Rock Festival MTV special from 1992 on YouTube that includes live music footage and interviews from a lineup consisting of W.A.S.P, Slayer. Skid Row, Iron Maiden, and The Almighty, the band that launched vocalist Ricky [...]
Like most people, I’m not sad to see 2022 go away. Quite the contrary actually. As generally lousy as the year was, however, we were at least given a good amount of excellent music to get us through it, and per usual the prog community didn’t [...]
Grindcore outfit Napalm Death from England exploded onto the stage and started the show off with their belligerent, chaotic sound. Vocalist Mike “Barney” Greenaway was very animated during every song, moving to his own beat most of the time. [...]
