Outside Looking In: Jeff Wagner’s Destination Onward: The Story of Fates Warning (2022)
Hardly the most obscure or underground band, yet at the same time not exactly a household name,...
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The X Factor (1995): Iron Maiden Attempts To Forge a New Path
The year is 2000. Amidst the popularity of Nu-metal and metalcore on the verge of crossing over...
Read MoreHubris, Megalomania, and Bombastic Presentation: Guns N’ Roses and the Art of the Music Video
The Use Your Illusion (1991) double album from Guns N’ Roses recently turned thirty. Considering...
Read MoreHeavy Medications Lapse: Eyehategod’s A History of Nomadic Behavior (2021)
When asked in February of 2020 if there was any secret to his bands 30+ years worth of longevity,...
Read MoreMotorWay City Midways, Middle Fingers, & Mayhem: Creem—Rock & Roll’s Only Magazine
Capturing lightning in a bottle is not half as hard as folks make it out to be. You just have to...
Read MoreWorld Weariness Among the Eighties Socialites: Cristina’s “Sleep It Off”
As I sorted through the newly released albums that arrived one day in 1984 at the record store...
Read MoreReturn to ‘The Beyond’ — An Exclusive Sneak Peek at Fabio Frizzi’s Composer’s Cut
In five short years, Cadabra Records has established itself as perhaps the indispensable label for...
Read MoreThe Crazy World of Arthur Brown: Live in New York City
“I am the God of Hell Fire and I bring you/Fire, I’ll take you to burn/ Fire, I’ll take you to...
Read MoreAri Lehman: First Jason Live!
It’s a gloomy, cold March evening in an old but trendy neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....
Read MorePicture Music Volume Three: Visage’s ‘Mind of a Toy’
A wooden head and a broken heart Used, abused and torn apart I gave you my best and you gave me...
Read MoreOgre & Dallas Campbell – All Hallows’ II
Right off the bat, the fact the OGRE logo is an homage to the Cannon Films logo should tell you...
Read MoreIdles: Joy as an Act of Resistance ‘Review’
Wrote this straight through in a oner, without editing, as I listened to the new Idles album, Joy...
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