Yesterday my friend Buke sent me a text telling me that he had just heard “The Tempter”, from Trouble’s 1984 debut album “Psalm 9”, for the very first time.
Read MoreI had never been a fan of German funeral doom band Ahab, but when I received a copy of their third album, “The Giant”, I wanted to give them a fair shake. So I decided I would listen to...
Read MoreI am sorry to say this is one that fell between the cracks. I do not know much about them, but American Sharks are from Austin, Texas and they play some stoner doom rock...
Read MoreI have been a Candlemass fan for about 25 years, though I have only ever paid much attention to the Messiah Marcolin albums. Messiah’s voice truly made Candlemass for me.
Read MoreWhen I was younger, there were two people that I idolized so much that I wanted to be just like them. One was James Hetfield of Metallica. The other was Joey Ramone from The Ramones.
Read MoreArjen Lucassen is, as you may or may not know, the Dutch singer and multi-instrumentalist behind progressive metal band Ayreon, and several other projects including Stream of Passion and Star One.
Read More“Error” is the third album from Belgian black/death metal band Emptiness. The band prominently features two members of the band Enthroned (I guess they like ‘E’ band names.)
Read MoreFinnish progressive metal band Oddland sound like they have had quite the wild ride these last few years. They won the Suomi Metal Star contest and ended up signing with...
Read MoreTomorrow, Swedish metal band, Sabaton, will be releasing their seventh album, “Carolus Rex.” It sounds like grim things went down in their camp as everyone but singer Joakim Brodén recently left...
Read MoreWell I must say, it is about time. I have been a big fan of Overkill since the release of their 1987 “Taking Over” album and through all these years I have never managed to catch them live.
Read MoreI Saw the Deep and the album “Astronavigation” are the products of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Darrell Laclé. Born and raised in Aruba, but currently based in the Netherlands...
Read MoreI am getting too old for this shit. Sorry, I just had to quote one of Danny Glover’s “Lethal Weapon” lines after waking up to pain this morning. Not too old for metal of course, just too old...
Read MoreHere we have one of those bands that people seem to either love or hate. San Diego’s Cattle Decapitation is back with their seventh album, “Monolith Of Inhumanity.”
Read MoreDamn! What a way to start a Monday. “Spell Eater” is the first album from California’s Huntress. The first thing that you cannot help but notice about Huntress is the stunning blonde singer, Jill Janus.
Read MoreExumer is a German thrash band who released two albums back in the 80s (“Possessed by Fire” in ’86 and “Rising from the Sea” in ’87) and then shortly after broke up. “Fire & Damnation” is their...
Read MoreLitrosis are a symphonic black metal band from Greece, and “I Am Death” is their debut album. Even after all these years I am still a sucker for awesome cover art, and the cover for...
Read MoreHailing from Moscow, Russia is The Suicider with their first album, “Death Surround.” I cannot hear a name like The Suicider without thinking of the now defunct Finnish metal band Sentenced.
Read MoreDreaming Dead are a metal band from Los Angeles, California, and “Midnightmares” is their second album. Their Facebook page lists them as metal, which is rather vague...
Read MoreLast week I wrote a post about Running Wild’s first album, “Gates to Purgatory”, in anticipation of this week’s release of “Shadowmaker.” Like so many bands lately, Running Wild opted...
Read MoreUnleashed has been around forever, well, for a death metal band anyway. “Odalheim” is their eleventh album. Their first album was released 21 years ago, and I first heard Unleashed...
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