It’s time once again for our monthly look at the metal albums that have been in constant rotation in recent days. This month’s selections seemed particularly dark as the days continue to grow shorter and the nights colder… Wolves In The Throne Room – Primordial ArcanaYou simply cannot have a discussion about US Black Metal … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – September 2021
Welcome to another monthly installment of More Horror In The Monitor, where we take a look back at all the horror (and horror adjacent) films and shows we took in from the previous month. This month we look at two series and a handful of films, including a re-watch of a 1992 classic. The Outsider … More More Horror In The Monitor – August 2021
Welcome back to our monthly look at some recent heavy releases that have been in recent steady rotation. This month a pair of bands new to the list and one highly anticipated sophomore release… King Woman – Celestial BluesLet’s start with that highly anticipated sophomore release, in the form of the new long player from … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – August 2021
Welcome back to our monthly look at all of the recently consumed horror films and series. This go-round wasn’t as successful in finding those indie gems as the previous month, but there were still some things worth checking out. Without further ado… The Cleansing Hour (2019 – Shudder) 2019’s The Cleansing Hour tells the story … More More Horror In The Monitor – July 2021
Time once again for our pseudo-monthly look at the metal albums that have been in high rotation in the The Metal Dad household. Cerebral Rot – Excretion of MortalityWe’ve waxed poetic in this space quite a bit over the last few years about the renaissance that death metal has undertaken over the last decade or … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – July 2021
If you said that Ronnie James Dio was the greatest vocalist in metal history I’d have a hard time arguing with you. This year, in honor of his birthday, we decided to sit down and revisit all ten Dio albums. Below is how we’d rank them. 10. Angry Machines (1996)Keep in mind as we work … More The Metal Dad’s Album Rankings: Dio
To say that I’ve watched a lot of horror movies in my day would be a drastic understatement. While I don’t profess to be any type of expert film critic, I know what I like and I think I know what makes a film great versus not so much. I get asked for horror movie … More More Horror In The Monitor – June 2021
We continue forth with our pseudo-monthly look at some recently released metal albums that have been kicking our collective tails. Steel Bearing Hand – Slay In HellIt’s been six long years since Dallas death/thrash act Steel Bearing Hand blitzed across the metal landscape with their debut record. In that time the world has continued to … More More (Metal) Guitar in the Monitor – May 2021
It’s another pseudo-monthly look at some of the heavy albums that have been rocking our ear holes over the last few weeks, and that we highly recommend rock yours as well. Desiket Dogs – Fixed Blade Leash Every now and then an album fires buckshot across your bow and in the course of listening … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – April 2020
Another Academy Awards nominee announcement, another year that horror movies are woefully neglected by Academy voters. As horror movie fans we should all be used to this by now – and in all brutal honesty really shouldn’t care too much – but seeing some phenomenal 2020 films get shut out of even the technical categories … More 15 Horror Movies That Should Have Won Oscars
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