Album Reviews

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 […]

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 […]

Somewhere between a frenzied crossroads of breakneck rage, Cianide-esque intensity, and utter insanity lies Cardiac Arrest: Chicago’s resident purveyors of meat and potatoes death metal […]

Demon were one of the most unique bands to come out of the NWOBHM. The band came storming out of the underground with devilish imagery […]

As most of you know by now, despite coming of age in the heart of the thrash revival, I never cared for Municipal Waste. No, […]

Ever since I started this webzine, I’ve felt its secretly (or not so secretly if you’ve been following from day 1) doubled as a mission […]

A while back, I was reading an interview with my good friend and High Spirits mastermind, Chris Black. In this interview regarding his then new […]

Remember when Kreator didn’t suck? Me too. Although they peaked nearly a decade before I was born, and their latter day output has ranged from […]

In the decade since Sebastian Bach’s last solo album, Give ‘Em Hell (2014), his former band, Skid Row, has gone through four singers, five if […]

Coincidentally, I was just discussing in last week’s 2011 retrospective essay how Riot has had one of the most unique story arcs in metal history. […]