Pandemic shmamdenic. Not even COVID can stop the flow of exceptional new music from reaching our collective ear holes. This time around we look at some recent metal releases that have us banging our heads extra hard. Suffering Hour – The Cyclic Reckoning Having come of age during the first true golden era of … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – March 2021
Our pseudo-monthly look into recent metal albums that have been in constant household rotation. Bone Church – Acid Communion First and foremost I should admit that there were few albums I was more excited about their eventual release in 2020 than I was New Haven, Connecticut’s Bone Church. I was completely enamored with 2017’s … More More (Metal) Guitar In the Monitor – April 2020
Our (not so) monthly look at the metal albums that have been destroying our ear holes in a good way. Immortal Bird – Thrive on Neglect This is a band I’ve been shouting from the mountaintops about for quiet some time. Since their debut EP in 2013 I’ve been captivated by Immortal Bird’s precision … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – August 2019
Our (pseudo) monthly look at some of the recent metal releases that have been in semi-constant rotation in the Metal Dad household. Witchfinder – Hazy Rites Sometimes you just need an album to engulf you in heaviness. You just need a proverbial gut punch from a band that’s willing to deliver it with an iron … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – May 2019
Our (pseudo) monthly look at the new metal releases that have been in recent heavy rotation… Magic Circle – Departed Souls I’ve been contemplating proto-metal for what seems like an eternity. There is a never-ending well of bands from the late 1960s through the entire decade of the 1970s that one could wormhole through … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – March 2019
The return of our (hopefully soon to be again) monthly column where we look at the new metal releases currently in heavy rotation at The Metal Dad household. Critical Defiance – Misconception Anyone who follows our Metal Dad Radio Show knows the Heavy Metal World Tour segment featured a handful of Chilean bands a … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – January 2019
For those who don’t already know The Metal Dad also hosts a weekly radio show on Cygnus Radio, co-hosted by my 11 and 5-year olds. It’s a blast to say the least. We introduced a new segment this past week called The Heavy Metal World Tour. It’s exactly as it sounds – a brief examination … More The Heavy Metal World Tour – Costa Rica
The return of our monthly series looking at recent metal releases we’ve been digging… The Ominous Circle – Appalling Ascension Completely brutal. Completely unrelenting. Portugal’s The Ominous Circle unleashed a hellish torment of death metal blasphemy back in January through one of our favorite labels, 20 Buck Spin. Combining a hammer-to-the-face approach with malevolent … More More (Metal) Guitar in the Monitor – February 2017
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
