Deathhammer – Electric Warfare
While Destruction have long since abandoned the primal blackened thrash of early releases like Sentence of Death (1984) and Infernal Overkill (1985), there’s no shortage […]
Month: February 2022
Venator – Echoes from the Gutter
You know what there’s a severe lacking of? Outlaw metal. Granted, this isn’t an established subgenre per se (yet), and I’m not referring to the […]
Scorpions – Rock Believer
As much as I love Scorpions, to these discerning ears, they haven’t put out an album worth listening to front to back since Love at […]
Athenar (Midnight) Interview
It’s an early Tuesday afternoon. Somewhere within the murky depths of Cleveland, Ohio is Athenar, the masked mastermind behind black rock ‘n’ roll barbarians Midnight, […]
From My Collection #34: Scorpions – Blackout
Welcome to another edition of From My Collection. This Friday, February 25, will see the release of Scorpions’ 20th studio album, Rock Believer. Based off […]
Zadra – Guiding Star
I vividly remember my first encounter with one Mr. August Zadra. I was in high school and going to see estranged Styx frontman Dennis DeYoung […]
Lionville – So Close to Heaven
AOR is the type of amalgamation that could’ve only come to fruition in the late 70s and flourished in the 80s. It was a full […]
The Neal Morse Band at the Arcada Theatre (2/19/2022)
In the never ending sea of 2021 releases, I have no idea how The Neal Morse Band’s Innocence & Danger got lost in the shuffle. […]
Schizophrenia – Recollections of the Insane
It was roughly a month ago that I received a promo for Recollections of the Insane, the debut full length from Belgian death/thrash horde Schizophrenia. […]
Immolation – Acts of God
Is there a single death metal band as historically consistent as Immolation? I think not. When we look back at their early 90s peers, nearly […]