2016 may not have been the best year we’ve experienced for a host of reasons, but there’s no denying that 2016 produced some truly amazing metal records. All over the metal pantheon there were some stellar releases. As with the ‘non-metal’ version of this list, this is not to be considered a “best of” list. … More The Metal Dad’s Favorite Metal Albums of 2016
As we continue to trudge towards another year end (and year end list) we offer our final 2016 installment of our monthly metal albums round-up… Bethlehem – Bethlehem In 1996, Germany’s Bethlehem released their Dictius Te Necare album. It was then, and still is one of the greatest black metal album ever released. (Or … More More (Metal) Guitar In the Monitor – December 2016
Continuing our monthly series focusing on recent metal releases that are rocking our world… Ulcerate – Shrines of Paralysis In 2013, New Zealand’s Ulcerate showed up with a record that pretty much obliterated everything in its path and set everyone’s year-end lists ablaze. So three years later what do they do for an encore? … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – November 2016
Our monthly round-up of some recent metal releases that have been in heavy rotation… Asphyx – Incoming Death In the long and uncompromising history of death metal there are certain bands whose influence has been felt since the first notes they belched forward. One of those acts is Dutch legends Asphyx. It has been … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – October 2016
There are few bands in the history of the genre that have had quite the affect on the metal world at large that Oakland’s Neurosis has had. How many other bands have spawned so many imitators? How many bands have warranted virtually an entire issue of Decibel Magazine devoted to their most influential output? The … More Review: Neurosis – Fires Within Fires
Another monthly installment of More Guitar In The Monitor where we extol the virtues of some killer new metal releases… Them Bulls – Them Bulls There are rock purists that feel that stoner rock is too…well, rock…to be swallowed under the blackening umbrella of heavy metal. Those purists don’t understand the history of metal … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – September 2016
Some acts seemingly live to defy classification. In 2010 when Horseback came galloping out of the North Carolina hills with their Relapse Records debut, The Invisible Mountain, in hand it helped usher in the whole “blackened shoegaze” movement that would become not only the taste of choice for quite a few metal fans (and fringe … More Review: Horseback – Dead Ringers
Another monthly installment of metal albums that having been in heavy rotation in The Metal Dad household. Vanhelgd – Temple of Phobos I’ve waxed poetic for the last few months now about just how many great death metal albums have hit the streets so far in 2016. Just when I think the worldwide death … More More (Metal) Guitar In the Monitor – August 2016
Another clothing catalog, another set of kids dolled up in some grim, frostbitten corpse paint…
A couple months back we took the Childish Reviews segment on a different path. Instead of having my kids listen to a tracks off new albums, they got to critique some classic, 80s metal videos from the likes of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Dio, and others. This month we are taking it a step further … More Childish Reviews #5: 90’s Death Metal Videos
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