Cactus – Temple of Blues – Influences and Friends
If there’s any band in the pantheon of ’70s metal deserving of an all-star tribute, it’s Cactus. Not as enshrouded in obscurity as the Pentagrams […]
Articles by Joe Miller
Carmine Appice (Cactus, Vanilla Fudge, King Kobra, Blue Murder) Interview
For as meteoric as Vanilla Fudge’s late ’60s rise was, their fall came nearly as fast. In the span of roughly three years, the band […]
Idol Throne – A Clarion Call
Idol Throne’s The Sibylline Age is an album I’ve found myself returning to time and time again since its 2022 release, and not just because […]
Top 10: Metal Albums of 2012
2012: The year the world was supposed to end per the Mayans who didn’t know how to count past said number and a bunch of […]
The Troops of Doom – A Mass to the Grotesque
Cloven Hoof isn’t the only band I haven’t checked out since 2020. The same can be said for The Troops of Doom, and I’m not […]
Cloven Hoof – Heathen Cross
For as much as I pride myself on being a completist, it is hard for me to get back onboard with a band after a […]
Nestor – Teenage Rebel
It was a few short years ago that Nestor came virtually out of nowhere to much praise and derision with their debut album, Kids in […]
Hellbutcher – Hellbutcher
When it comes to ’90s black metal, the masses are so preoccupied by the antics and music (but mainly the antics) of the Norwegian scene […]
The Lurking Corpses – Lurking After Midnight
Once upon a time, many moons ago, there was a little dive bar in Chicago by the name of Red Line Tap. True to its […]
Nocturnus AD – Unicursal
Has it really been a decade since Mike Browning revived tech death futurists Nocturnus under the moniker Nocturnus AD? Seriously, it feels just like yesterday […]