Today we have Monoscream from Stockholm, Sweden and their full-length debut “Redemption" “Redemption” is the follow up to their EP, “Reborn.” I haven’t heard the EP to know how it compares, but “Redemption” sounds very well done...
Read MoreWell this isn’t the first time I’ve been late to the party. People have been clamoring praise for Eluveitie for a few years now but I never really climbed on the bandwagon.
Read MoreOn the schedule for today we’ve got Hymnosis, an unsigned band from Montreal. “Unmasking Faces” is their five-song EP of thrashy hardcore groove metal.
Read MoreThe day has finally arrived. “Blood for the Master” has been on my radar for several months now and was one of my most anticipated upcoming releases.
Read MoreKing Giant is another of my impulse purchases this week, and I have to say I’m rather embarrassed to find that I could almost spit and hit these guys, yet I’ve never heard of them.
Read MoreYesterday I found myself in the familiar position of wanting to discover some new metal, but not having anything in mind to try out. Part of my “discovery process”...
Read MorePsycroptic are a technical death metal band from Australia. “The Inherited Repression” is their much anticipated fifth album (second for Nuclear Blast).
Read MoreIt’s Tuesday, and I don’t know about you, but I could use a little pick me up to help get this week moving in the right direction. My week seems ready to derail again if things don’t improve...
Read MoreEver since “Unto the Locust” came out last year I’ve been waiting for Machine Head to come to town. I’d seen them three times previously, but never as a headliner.
Read MoreI went through an industrial phase back in the mid to late 90s. It probably started with Ministry and Nine Inch Nails but eventually I was listening to bands like...
Read MoreWhen the need for new music strikes me I’m like a junky sick for a fix. I start frantically looking around online for something I haven’t heard before that will satisfy my need...
Read MoreToday is one of those Mondays that must have it in for me. Nothing major has happened yet (though I did almost drive off the road minutes after leaving the house) but every little thing...
Read MoreToday we have a band that needs no introduction, Lacuna Coil. “Dark Adrenaline” is the Italian gothic metal band’s sixth album. It should come as no surprise...
Read More“Global Flatline” is the seventh album from Belgium-based death metal band Aborted. This album is the first with two new members, one on drums (Ken Bedene) and the other on guitar (Mike Wilson).
Read MoreHere’s another great album from 2011 that I managed to miss on the first pass. Vreid emerged from the ashes of Windir after the unfortunate death of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Valfar.
Read MoreYesterday just kind of sucked. Except for the fact that the Capitals beat the Penguins, but even that was a bit of a snoozer at 1-0. By the end of the day I was eyebrow-deep...
Read MoreEarlier I posted a get well to Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi based on yesterday’s news that he is battling lymphoma. That got me feeling a little introspective about how much Black Sabbath...
Read MoreI’m starting to see the other side of this bug that’s had me down. I still feel like crap but each day is a little better than the last. That being the case, it’s time...
Read MoreI woke this morning to a text from Buke asking me whether I had heard that David Gold had been killed in a traffic accident. With bleary eyes I read the text and my heart dropped.
Read MoreI’m starting to see the other side of this bug that’s had me down. I still feel like crap but each day is a little better than the last. That being the case, it’s time...
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