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
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
25 Years Later is a new series of posts where we take a look how some of my personal favorite albums have stood the test of time as they celebrate their Silver Anniversary. First up, one of the first great records to come out in 1991 – Motörhead’s 1916. It’s fitting in so many ways … More 25 Years Later: Motörhead – 1916
For anyone who missed the “non-metal” list, a little background first. I was asked the last couple years to compile an all-encompassing year end list and inevitably every year that list was weighted quite heavily in favor of all things metal. This year would not have been any different. So I decided that if I … More 2015 Metal Albums of the Year
2015 was an excellent year for new music. When I’ve been asked in the past to sit down and make similar lists for other sites it’s never taken me so long to come to some type of conclusion as to what should make the cut and what eventually doesn’t. It’s never been this painful of … More 2015 (Non-Metal) Albums of the Year
Another installment of what we’ve been rocking on the family iPod… Neko Case – “Bought and Sold” I had a chance to see Neko Case play Hartford last week with my 11-year old daughter. One of the best shows I’ve ever been to in all honesty. She pulled out a bunch of tracks from back … More Notes From the iPod Vol. 5
I listen to a lot of new music…a lot. That translates into a lot of album reviews for a couple different sites. But I have always been curious what my children would think of some of the albums that I’ve been loving. So we begin a new series of posts where I select one song … More Childish Reviews #1
There can be no light without darkness. There can be no joy without pain. It is the way of the universe, the juxtaposition of our brightest days and our darkest nights keeping the Earth spinning in perpetuity. But beauty does not exist in a vacuum. On the contrary, our bleakest hours can at times be … More Review: Amber Asylum – Sin Eater
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