Articles by Joe Miller

There’s few underground labels as consistent as Cruz del Sur Music. The Italian boutique label boasts Pharaoh, Smoulder, and obscure luminaries The Lord Weird Slough […]

The birthdate of death metal is one of the most debated topics among metalheads worldwide. Some say the genre came to be on May 25, […]

The 2010s were some “Hard Times” for Cro-Mags founder Harley Flanagan. After a 2012 scuffle between he and former band members resulted in his arrest […]

When most people think of Italy, the first thing that comes to mind is them sipping wine in a gondola while being serenaded old love […]

It’s hard to believe I started this site six months ago with a review of Haunt’s last album, Mind Freeze. It’s even harder to believe that […]

“Born in the depths of the whiskey caverns, surfaced to feed and destroy…give us your gasoline, give us your soul!” Any band who hypes themselves […]

Three years since their triumphant comeback album, Four, veteran hard rockers Circus of Power returns with a new EP, The Process of Illumination. I could use this […]

Gene Simmons is one of the most complex figures in rock history. Love him or hate him, the fire breathing, blood spitting KISS demon is […]

Some bands try to reinvent the wheel. Others roll with it. There are those who criticize the latter as a copout for laziness. And then […]