Every year in this space we post our favorite metal albums of the year. This Top 40 list is accompanied by a two-part episode of The Metal Dad Radio Show where we play tracks from our personal Top 20. Unfortunately, depending on which one posts first it renders the other a little anticlimactic. So this … More The Metal Dad’s Top Metal Albums of 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
All Hell – The Grave Alchemist North Carolina’s All Hell delivered one of the most pleasant surprises for me in 2017. Filled with horror and goth-tinged death-n-roll, The Grave Alchemist was an infectious attention-grabber from note one. It was and still is a true headbanging affair worthy of multiple listens front to back. https://allhell.bandcamp.com/ … More The Metal Dad’s Favorite Metal Albums of 2017
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
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