Legions of Metal 3.5 Review
For as long as the Legions of Metal festival has been a thing, I’ve been there. Matter of fact, I had weekend tickets to the […]
Articles by Joe Miller
Mark Stein (Vanilla Fudge) Interview
In the beginning, there was Vanilla Fudge. The band’s combination of explosive drums, thundering bass, droning guitars, grinding organs, and soulful vocals set the path […]
Knife – Knife
As I checked out the self titled debut album from Germany’s Knife, I asked myself, “Has there ever been a blackened thrash/speed album I haven’t […]
Dug Pinnick – Joy Bomb
To your everyday hard rocker, Dug Pinnick needs no introduction. He’s spent the past 35 years as the frontman of cult legends King’s X, a […]
Top 10: Metal Albums of 1986
1986: The year thrash reigned supreme…or so I thought. Before making this list, I really thought this year’s top 10 would almost exclusively consist of […]
Attack of the Rising – Game Changer
When Attack of the Rising’s latest album, Game Changer, showed up on my doorstep, I wasn’t sure what to make of it. Here was a […]
Queensrÿche at the Arcada Theatre (10/16/2021)
It was a roughly a month and a half ago when my girlfriend surprised me with a daytrip to Wisconsin’s Summerfest. For those outside of […]
SNAFU – Exile//Banishment
Love them or hate them, Power Trip left an indelible mark on the world of thrash metal. Upon their mid 2010s breakthrough, thrash metal shifted […]
Station – Perspective
I vividly remember when I discovered AOR torchbearers Station. It was the summer of 2018, when things were looking up for rock n’ roll, at […]
From My Collection #26: Cintron – Cintron
Welcome to another edition of From My Collection. Today’s entry is less a statement on any one single release and more an observation of an […]