Album Reviews

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 […]

Looks can be deceiving! Upon first seeing the album art for Gathering of Kings’ latest album, Discovery, I expected some half baked 70s prog worship, or […]

In today’s era of revolving lineups, aging rockers, bogus farewells, and multiple incarnations, one must ask when a band stops being said band and merely […]

Though practically unknown here in the states, FM is one of the most respected AOR bands in their native England. It’s hard to believe they […]

Imagine starting a band with your best friends in their basement. Over the course of a decade, you sweat it out playing every cramped teen […]

For the last decade, Chicago’s Beyond Deth has taken the most tolerable qualities of modern extreme metal and thrown them into a heavy musical stew. […]