Time to get back on the horse and shine a light on some of the heavy albums that are rattling our foundations. Curse The Son – Excruciation Full disclosure, if you had asked me at the beginning of the year what my most anticipated metal albums were for 2020 at some point I would … More More (Metal) Guitar in the Monitor – June 2020
Last summer the 13-year old (known as The Candyman for you Metal Dad Radio Show listeners) sat down with the entire Iron Maiden discography and ranked the albums from our least favorite to most cherished. We had a blast and ever since have been kicking around the idea of doing it with other bands. After … More The Metal Dad’s Album Rankings: Bolt Thrower
Our pseudo-monthly look into recent metal albums that have been in constant household rotation. Bone Church – Acid Communion First and foremost I should admit that there were few albums I was more excited about their eventual release in 2020 than I was New Haven, Connecticut’s Bone Church. I was completely enamored with 2017’s … More More (Metal) Guitar In the Monitor – April 2020
For over a decade now the last weekend in April has been one of my favorite weekends on the calendar. It’s the weekend of the Meriden Daffodil Festival, a two-day festival held in the central Connecticut town of Meriden at their gorgeous Hubbard Park. Yes, there are vendors, carnival rides, tons of fried foods, and … More The Meriden Daffodil Festival
Our pseudo-monthly look at the non-metal albums that have been in constant rotation as of late. This time around it’s an all Connecticut version… Brian Larney – Trabant I’m not sure if there’s a musician who has sprung albums on me recently the way Bridgeport’s Brian Larney has. His 2018 offering, White, showed up … More More (Non-Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – April 2020
Horror Movie Redux is a recurring column where the teenagers and I revisit some of the horror movies from my youth. Today we tackle an absolute campy classic, 1987’s The Lost Boys. Directed by Joel Schumacher, in his first foray into the horror genre (and coming off the monumental success of St. Elmo’s Fire), The … More Horror Movie Redux: The Lost Boys
Over the last year my older kids and I have been watching a lot of classic horror movies. Now is as good a time as any to revive this series where we take a look at some of these iconic gems. This time around we tackle John Carpenter’s 1982 classic, The Thing. Based on the … More Horror Movie Redux: The Thing
These are weird times my friends. But even through the loneliest of nights or the grayest of days we still have new music being produced. I’m sure, like me, you’ve found heavy metal in all its forms to be a sort of catharsis. Below are a handful of new releases to help keep you sane … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – March 2020
It’s been awhile since we’ve sat down together and talked music. Now more than ever we need good music to fill our ears and our souls. Below are some non-metal releases from the first couple months of this bizarre year that are worthy of as much time as you are willing to dedicate to them. … More More (Non-Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – March 2020
This week on The Metal Dad Radio Show we unveiled our Top 10 metal albums of 2019. You can listen to the show and hear tracks off each album HERE. 2019 was another stellar year in the metal world and narrowing it down to these ten records was brutally difficult. But every one of these … More Top 40 Metal Albums of 2019: #10-1
