Wolfbrigade – Life Knife Death
Crust punk: The feral offspring of punk and metal who refuses to bathe. At least that’s the description I’m sticking to. Originated in the early […]
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Stryper – When We Were Kings
Despite the biblical connotations, I feel like Stryper pulled a quick one on us by titling their last album The Final Battle. In an age […]
From My Collection #94: REO Speedwagon – Nine Lives
Welcome to another edition of From My Collection. By now, we’re sure you heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who […]
Legions of Doom – The Skull 3
When doom metal icon Eric Wagner departed this earthly realm roughly three years ago, it didn’t just mark the end of an era, but left […]
Flotsam and Jetsam – I Am the Weapon
As much as I love my ’80s thrash, the number of bands from that era still putting out quality material today is far and few […]
Victory – Circle of Life
The ’20s have been quite the victory lap (pun fully intended) for Herman Frank. After roughly a decade of dormancy, the veteran guitarist revived the […]
Satan – Songs in Crimson
To say Satan has had one of the best second winds in metal history would be an understatement. Despite never making their proper mark in […]
Steve Ramsey (Satan, Skyclad) Interview
45 years ago, a teenaged Steve Ramsey drew up the logo for a band in one of his schoolbooks. That band was Satan. Little did […]
Moggs Motel – Moggs Motel
Despite bridging the gap between the advent of heavy metal and the NWOBHM, and influencing every traditional metal band whose ever walked the face of […]
Black Sites – The Promised Land?
Us Chicagoans are absolutely spoiled with one of the best metal scenes in the country, if not the world. Aside from Trouble, Master, Zoetrope, Macabre, […]