Album Reviews

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

The official soundtrack to cruising around in a hotrod and scoring barely legal chicks, The Dictators have been around in some capacity or another for […]

Blitzkrieg are best known for two things. The first is having their eponymous 1980 song covered by Metallica on the Creeping Death EP. The second […]

When we last caught up with progressive rock icons Nektar, the band were reestablishing themselves in the wake of founder Roye Albrighton’s passing. The result […]

Contrary to popular belief, there’s nothing wrong with a good ol’ fashioned no frills hard rock album when done right. Now what the term “done […]

Those who follow this webzine know I cover folk metal about as often as I cover deathcore and nu metal, which is essentially never. That […]