Album Reviews

As I was looking through the list of new releases of the past couple weeks to review, I noticed Atlantic had a new album out, […]

It’s sure been a great year to be a Mercyful Fate/King Diamond fan. Not so much because one or the other may or may not […]

My introduction to Vexing Hex came a few years ago, thanks to Legions of Metal 3.5. Caught in this bizarre half dormant, half alive state […]

A few months ago, cult label Nuclear War Now! Productions hosted their own namesake festival (in conspiracy with noise label Hospital Productions) in Osaka, Japan. […]

When we last heard from epic doom disciples Crypt Sermon, it was under their blackened thrash alter ego, Daeva. The outfit, consisting of 1/2 Crypt […]

We all know how in 1984, after 14 glorious years, Thin Lizzy hung up their guitars and leather. As far as founding bassist/frontman/songwriter Phil Lynott […]

Has the so-called NWOTHM been going on for so long that we now have NWOTHM supergroups? Indeed it has, which begs another question: If the […]

Severe Torture are one of those bands who, up until a couple weeks ago, I’ve long since filed under the “heard of but haven’t listened […]

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 […]

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 […]