I was very excited by the return of Joey Belladonna to Anthrax and the release of “Worship Music” a few months ago. So when I heard that Anthrax, Testament and Death Angel were coming...
Read MoreSentenced, aka “The Northernmost Killers”, are one of my all time favorite heavy metal bands. Their fourth album, “Down”, is George’s Classic for this week.
Read MoreSeven Thorns is a Danish power metal band whose album “Return to the Past” is out now on Nightmare Records. I usually like the albums Lance King releases on Nightmare Records so...
Read MoreI’ve seen Opeth live several times, and each time it has been completely different. The first time was at Jaxx, and it was a technical death metal set with a mix of clean and harsh vocals.
Read MoreBack in September Buke and I had tickets to see Enslaved at Jaxx. We bought the tickets because Ghost was supposed to be on the bill. Then Ghost had to drop off because they...
Read MoreBack in the 70s it wasn’t so uncommon to find power rock trio bands like Rush or Triumph, but I can’t say I’ve come across many death metal trios...
Read MoreI’m sorry to say I was not really aware of Vallenfyre and their debut “A Fragile King” until shortly before I received the promo. Normally a death metal super-group would generate enough buzz...
Read MoreSince today is Halloween I thought I would write up my "classic" today and talk about “Don’t Metal With Evil” by the old Detroit band Halloween. Billed as “Detroit’s Heavy Metal Horror Show”...
Read MoreAs one of the Big Four I’d say Megadeth is a metal band that needs no introduction. Over the last 25+ years Dave Mustaine and a rotating cast of band mates have created some of the greatest metal songs...
Read MoreLast week on a whim I wrote about “Climbin’ the Walls” by Wrathchild America, an old album that was partly responsible for shaping my heavy metal tastes. I enjoyed writing about it so much...
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