I was very excited by the return of Joey Belladonna to Anthrax and the release of “Worship Music” a few months ago. So when I heard that Anthrax, Testament and Death Angel were coming...
Read MoreSentenced, aka “The Northernmost Killers”, are one of my all time favorite heavy metal bands. Their fourth album, “Down”, is George’s Classic for this week.
Read MoreSeven Thorns is a Danish power metal band whose album “Return to the Past” is out now on Nightmare Records. I usually like the albums Lance King releases on Nightmare Records so...
Read MoreI’ve seen Opeth live several times, and each time it has been completely different. The first time was at Jaxx, and it was a technical death metal set with a mix of clean and harsh vocals.
Read MoreBack in September Buke and I had tickets to see Enslaved at Jaxx. We bought the tickets because Ghost was supposed to be on the bill. Then Ghost had to drop off because they...
Read MoreBack in the 70s it wasn’t so uncommon to find power rock trio bands like Rush or Triumph, but I can’t say I’ve come across many death metal trios...
Read MoreI’m sorry to say I was not really aware of Vallenfyre and their debut “A Fragile King” until shortly before I received the promo. Normally a death metal super-group would generate enough buzz...
Read MoreSince today is Halloween I thought I would write up my "classic" today and talk about “Don’t Metal With Evil” by the old Detroit band Halloween. Billed as “Detroit’s Heavy Metal Horror Show”...
Read MoreAs one of the Big Four I’d say Megadeth is a metal band that needs no introduction. Over the last 25+ years Dave Mustaine and a rotating cast of band mates have created some of the greatest metal songs...
Read MoreLast week on a whim I wrote about “Climbin’ the Walls” by Wrathchild America, an old album that was partly responsible for shaping my heavy metal tastes. I enjoyed writing about it so much...
Read More“Creators of the Downfall” is the debut EP by unsigned German heavy-power metal band Sacred Gate. What’s that you say? German metal? You have my interest.
Read MoreDooooooooooooooom! Swedish purveyors of doom, Isole, have just released their fifth album, “Born from Shadows” and it might just be their best album yet.
Read MoreI feel pretty lucky living in the D.C./Baltimore area because we get a lot of metal bands that come through town. Many parts of the country (or even the world) have to travel...
Read MoreI have a real soft spot (or maybe it should be a cold hard spot) for Finnish metal. One of my favorite bands of all time is the dearly departed...
Read MoreWell I hope you all had a great weekend, I know I did. Saturday Buke and I had a great time at the Warbringer show, but you’ll hear about that more later this week...
Read MoreWhere does one begin with Iced Earth? Jon Schaffer and Iced Earth first came to my attention probably around 1993 or so; it was after the release of “Night of the Stormrider”...
Read MoreToday marks the release of the fourth Skeletonwitch album, “Forever Abomination.” I’ve had my eye on Skeletonwitch since I first learned of them after the release of their...
Read MoreSweden is known for its melodic death metal exports. Swedish death metal isn’t so much a label that defines origin as it is its own category and style.
Read MoreI wanted to write a review for today. But I just haven’t been able to focus on music. The passing of Steve Jobs hit me harder than I ever thought it would.
Read MoreIn the early to mid 90s one of the early great black metal bands was Dissection. “The Somberlain” and “Storm of the Lights Bane” are true classics of the genre.
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