From My Collection #24: Dark Star – Dark Star
The NWOBHM had its fair share of forgotten heroes. The list is endless, thanks to such reference tools as the Metal Archives and Discogs. For […]
Black Mass – Feast at the Forbidden Tree
Is there any metal band name more predictable or pedestrian than Black Mass? There’s at least 10 bands with the name on the Metal Archives […]
Four Trips Ahead – Remnants
I regularly take the piss out of modern hard rock and for good reason. Modern hard rock hasn’t been modern for 25 years. Its just […]
John Corabi (Mötley Crüe, The Scream, Union, The Dead Daisies) Interview
John Corabi has spent over 30 years as America’s premiere hard rock troubadour. Whether serving as the frontman for The Scream, Union, The Dead Daisies, […]
Portrait – At One with None
Here’s a hot take: Revivalists like Portrait and Attic have done a better job picking up where 80s Mercyful Fate left off than Mercyful Fate […]
Top 10: Black Oak Arkansas Songs
Before Molly Hatchet flirted with disaster, Blackfoot took a left turn on a red light, Outlaws played to win, and Lynyrd Skynyrd begged for three […]
The Night Flight Orchestra – Aeromantic II
On the title track of last year’s Aeromantic, Night Flight Orchestra singer Björn “Speed” Strid sings, “There is nothing like aeromantics.” Little did we know […]
Steelheart, Jack Russell’s Great White at the Arcada Theatre (9/3/2021)
The late 1980s: An era dominated by big hair and big riffs. That’s exactly what was in store for the hard rock hungry crowd at […]
Iron Maiden – Senjutsu
The last time Iron Maiden released an album (The Book of Souls), I vividly remember going to see Jack Russell’s Great White later that evening. […]
Erik Mårtensson (Eclipse, W.E.T., Nordic Union) Interview
Hard work has paid off for Erik Mårtensson. In the past 20 years, his band Eclipse have evolved from AOR worshippers to flagbearers of the […]