More (Non-Metal) Guitar in the Monitor – September 2016

Our monthly look at the non-metal albums that have been in recent heavy rotation…   Darkher – Realms I wanted to badly to give this album the full review treatment (hell, I still might) because honestly there have been few albums this year I’ve listened to as often as Realms. U.K.’s Darkher, the alias for … More More (Non-Metal) Guitar in the Monitor – September 2016

More (Metal) Guitar In the Monitor – August 2016

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

More (Non-Metal) Guitar In the Monitor – August 2016

Another installment of the recently released, non-metal albums in heavy rotation…   The CarLeans – Drowning Moon Made up of some very talented New London scene vets, The CarLeans are, quiet honestly, one of the sweetest sounding acts around these parts. Their newest album, Drowning Moon, is not just a step forward for the band, … More More (Non-Metal) Guitar In the Monitor – August 2016

More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – July 2016

Another installment of our monthly round-up where we look at which metal albums have been in constant rotation… Diamond Head – Diamond Head Let’s remove from the equation for one second that one track that Metallica liked enough to cover. Doing so would do virtually nothing to diminish this band’s influence on an entire generation … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – July 2016

More (Non-Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – June 2016

Another monthly installment of the non-metal albums that have been in heavy rotation… Straight to VHS – Landmind Connecticut has a long and storied punk rock history. While that apple down 95 gets all the fame and glory, CT is not without bands that have made their own mark in the punk rock world. New … More More (Non-Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – June 2016

More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – June 2016

Our monthly installment of metal albums we’ve been rocking, and you should too… Archaic Decapitator – Light of a Different Sun My little home state of Connecticut has a pretty stellar metal history of its own, including some criminally underrated death metal acts. One current act that is just starting to rightfully get more praise … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – June 2016

More (Non-Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – May 2016

Another edition of our monthly round-up series where we highlight some of the non-metal albums that have been in constant rotation…   Wöljager – Van’t Liewen Un Stiäwen This album from Germany’s Wöljager (the one-man project of Helrunar’s Marcel Dreckmann) was originally conceived as a theater play revolving around the story of a certain type … More More (Non-Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – May 2016

More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – May 2016

Time for another edition of our monthly series where we take a look at what metal albums have been recently rocking our world… Germ – Escape Australia’s Germ are the newest end vision of metal vet, Tim Yatras. While the ‘blackened shoegaze’ bandwagon seems to be getting a little overcrowded with a bunch of bands … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – May 2016

More (Non-Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – April 2016

A continuation of the monthly series where we explore some of the non-metal albums I’ve been rocking… Roger C. Reale – Oxford Beat To say that Roger Reale is a veteran of the Connecticut music scene would be a huge understatement. Most recently the bass player and front man of the fantastic blue rock four-piece, … More More (Non-Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – April 2016

More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – April 2016

Skáphe – Skáphe2 Back in February, Philadelphia’s Skáphe released their second album, with the CD version coming to us from ever interesting I, Voidhanger Records. Upon first listen this was an album I truly had a hard time trying to compartmentalize. It’s an album that is as confounding as it is intriguing, and that’s meant … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – April 2016