While I enjoy perusing the occasional ‘most anticipated albums’ list, I don’t partake in them myself unless specifically asked. However, when the calendar flipped and another dying year gave birth anew if I had made one of those lists you can bet the farm that the new one from North Carolina’s Mount Moriah would have … More Review: Mount Moriah – How To Dance
A new installment of the monthly series where we explore recent metal releases currently in heavy rotation. Magrudergrind – II Six years. Six long years since Magrudergrind has graced us with a raging slab of some of the best grindcore around. But while 2016 has not been kind thus far to aging rock stars … More More (Metal) Guitar In the Monitor – March 2016
A continuation of our monthly series of posts where we look at some of the non-metal albums that are in heavy rotation. Hanging Hills – Sewn One of my favorite albums to come out of my backyard of Connecticut was The Great Divide from Hanging Hills. Two years and a move to Philly later Hanging … More More (Non-Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – March 2016
Do you like your rock with an edge? Do you like it sounding like it should be played in a bar that has a strip club neighboring it on one side and a pot dispensary on the other, and not so secret hallways that lead to both? Maybe a place where people still smoke and … More Review: Black Wail – All You Can Eat
There may be no task in the world that I loathe more than grocery shopping. I’m not 100% sure why it is I’d rather fold laundry, vacuum, or have things jammed under my fingernails than handle the weekly food shopping for my family. Maybe it’s because it sucks up a large chunk of my Saturday … More Toddler Tales Vol. 3: The Grocery Store
A monthly wrap-up where we take a look at some of the recently released (metal) albums I’ve been rocking but didn’t have time to review in full… HUSH – Nihil Unbound Brutally heavy, crust-infused doom metal out of New York. HUSH play a brand of doom that will remind you of the more doom-drenched moments … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – February 2016
Back by popular demand – Corpse Paint Babies. Peruse these images of innocent little lambs donning their best black metal corpse paint, as drawn by my 16 year old (who clearly inherited my sense of humor).
It all started with a Facebook message last July. Waiting in my inbox was a link to a YouTube video with a simple summation attached that read, “Dude, she’s special. This cover of ‘N.I.B.’, it’s wow.” And it was. It was very, very wow. The video was of a stunning redhead and her acoustic guitar … More Review: Riley Pinkerton – Do You Have A Car
If you call yourself a metal fan and don’t know the name Albert Mudrian, you need to get clued in. As founder and Editor in Chief of Decibel Magazine, Mudrian sits somewhere right near the center of the Heavy Metal Universe as he oversees the biggest and best metal mag, at the very least in … More The Metal Dad Interviews Albert Mudrian
Welcome to the second installment of Childish Reviews, where I ask my kids to listen to songs off of recently released metal albums I’m digging and ask for their feedback. This time around we changed things up a bit. After each track I asked them to rate it on a scale of 1 to 10. … More Childish Reviews #2
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