Month: April 2020

I’ll never forget the first time I heard Joe Satriani. I was 9 years old when the Surfing with the Alien (1987) album cover caught my […]

2019 was a banner year for Traveler. The Canadian metal machine released their self titled debut album. It was met with much praise from myself […]

What do you get when you take 3/4 of Mortiferum, the voice of Fetid (and riffs of Cerebral Rot), and the blast behind Magrudergrind? You […]

It’s hard to keep track of the days in the midst of these current times. I look forward to Fridays and its accompanying weekend as […]

I first became familiar with Lady Beast when they played the inaugural Legions of Metal festival in Chicago. Despite playing a brief set, I was […]

Alongside Scorpions and Accept, Bonfire is one of the longest running dynasties in German metal history. Their roots reach back to 1972 when they formed […]

Much like the hair metal bands they once rivaled and ridiculed, most of the 80s thrash bands still active today have grown old and tired. […]