Album Reviews

Three years since their triumphant comeback album, Four, veteran hard rockers Circus of Power returns with a new EP, The Process of Illumination. I could use this […]

Gene Simmons is one of the most complex figures in rock history. Love him or hate him, the fire breathing, blood spitting KISS demon is […]

Some bands try to reinvent the wheel. Others roll with it. There are those who criticize the latter as a copout for laziness. And then […]

Midnight Dice gets better with each release. Formed out of the ashes of Satan’s Hallow, the Chicago metal machine released their debut demo last year. […]

Like a death metal Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Matt Harvey has unleashed total Twisted Horror upon the unsuspecting public. Side A includes three blood drenched rippers […]

Hericane Alice is one of those second wave hair metal bands who never got their due. I wouldn’t call them “great” per se, but they […]

2020 has given some very welcome additions to my “Weekend Party n’ Rage” playlist. Cuts from Midnight’s Rebirth by Blasphemy and Hitter’s Hard Enough are the perfect compliment […]

As I type this review, it’s about 90 degrees fahrenheit in Chicago, or 32.2 degrees celsius for you non-American readers. The sun is beaming down […]

The 2010s saw the arrival of more metal subgenres, microgenres, fusions, and amalgamations than ice cream flavors at Baskin Robbins. Among these styles which are […]

If you had told me a year ago legendary guitarist Adrian Vandenberg would resurrect his namesake band in 2020, I’d probably laugh in your face […]