Paul Gilbert – Werewolves of Portland
At the age of 18, Paul Gilbert caught the attention of metalheads and guitar geeks alike with his supreme shredding skills in Racer X. In […]
Flotsam and Jetsam – Blood in the Water
Ah, yes: the late career renaissance. Some veteran acts are lucky enough to have them. Others not so much. Flotsam and Jetsam falls into the […]
Todd Michael Hall (Riot V) Interview
It’s Wednesday, June 2, 2021. After a year of Zoom interviews, today is the day the now infamous video call app decides to go caput. […]
Top 10: Metal Albums of 1982
1982 is comin’ for you! A few short years after the NWOBHM’s inception and a handful of bands are picking up traction fast. Saxon reaches […]
Heavy Sentence – Bang to Rights
As I write this review, it’s Memorial Day, 5 in the afternoon to be exact, and I’m a few Old Styles in. Why? Because scores […]
Cirith Ungol – Half Past Human
Ever since their surprise 2015 reunion, there has been no stopping Cirith Ungol. After a string of heralded festival gigs, the epic metal legends retreated […]
Billy F. Gibbons (ZZ Top) Interview
Lemmy once said that if he could be in any other band in the world besides Motörhead, it’d be ZZ Top. Could you blame him? […]
Billy F. Gibbons – Hardware
ZZ Top may very well be the most stripped down, straightforward rock n’ roll band of all time. Their rootsy brand of bare bones blues […]
From My Collection #16: Great White – Out of the Night
Welcome to another edition of From My Collection. Today, we explore the roots of one of America’s finest hard rock bands, Great White. They’d reach […]
Jess and the Ancient Ones – Vertigo
Has it really been a decade since the occult rock revival? It doesn’t feel like it, but roughly 10 years ago, as I was navigating […]