Our (pseudo) monthly look at some of the recent metal releases that have been in semi-constant rotation in the Metal Dad household. Witchfinder – Hazy Rites Sometimes you just need an album to engulf you in heaviness. You just need a proverbial gut punch from a band that’s willing to deliver it with an iron … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – May 2019
Our pseudo-monthly dive into the non-metal albums that are locked into heavy rotation. Savannah King – Cliffrose It reads like the great American novel – young, talented musician hops in a camper van, leaves behind virtually everyone and everything in order to travel the back roads of America, while penning one of the best … More More (Non-Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – April 2019
Our (pseudo) monthly look at the new metal releases that have been in recent heavy rotation… Magic Circle – Departed Souls I’ve been contemplating proto-metal for what seems like an eternity. There is a never-ending well of bands from the late 1960s through the entire decade of the 1970s that one could wormhole through … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – March 2019
Our (pseudo) monthly look at the recent metal releases that warm the cockles of our blackened hearts. Herod – Sombre Dessein No matter how often it happens, there is nothing better than an album coming out of virtually nowhere to knock you right on your ass. Hello Switzerland’s sludge lords, Herod. I’ll be the … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – February 2019
Our (not-so) monthly look at the recent and upcoming non-metal albums that have been tickling our ears on a regular basis. Xavier Serrano – Bell Chimes of Yesteryear After a stint fronting indie-folk outfit, Kindred Queer, and a run of three solo EPs, New Haven, Connecticut’s Xavier Serrano has already established himself as a … More More (Non-Metal) Guitar In the Monitor – February 2019
Horror Movie Redux is a new column where the older kids and I revisit some of the horror movies from my youth. Next up, the 1982 classic, Poltergeist. One of the great supernatural thrillers of all-time, Poltergeist, directed by Tobe Hooper (who also directed The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) stars Craig T. Nelson and JoBeth … More Horror Movie Redux: Poltergeist
The return of our (hopefully soon to be again) monthly column where we look at the new metal releases currently in heavy rotation at The Metal Dad household. Critical Defiance – Misconception Anyone who follows our Metal Dad Radio Show knows the Heavy Metal World Tour segment featured a handful of Chilean bands a … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – January 2019
Horror Movie Redux is a new column where the older kids and I revisit some of the horror movies from my youth. First up, the 1984 classic, Children of the Corn. Adapted from a Stephen King short story, Children of the Corn tells the tale of a young couple traveling through America’s heartland only to … More Horror Movie Redux: Children of the Corn
It’s often difficult to pinpoint the exact moment when appreciation for a band turns into something felt on a deeper, more spiritual level. It was late April 2012 when I was tasked with filming as many bands as possible at the Meriden Daffodil Festival for a local music television show I was producing at the … More Farewood – Under Burning Sun
When reminded it’s been a solid four years since they last gifted us with any new music, Goodnight Blue Moon vocalist/guitarist, Erik Elligers responds with a sigh of relief that could be heard through e-mail, “Yeah…four years. We needed time for this album.” New Haven’s Goodnight Blue Moon cemented themselves as heavy hitters in the … More Artist of the Month: Goodnight Blue Moon
