We may have been dormant in posting over the last few months but we weren’t dormant in listening to new music. Below is a round-up of some recent heavy releases that are worthy of your time and dollars. Lament Cityscape – A Darker DischargeOne of my favorite projects to revisit in recent years is the … More More (Metal) Guitar in the Monitor – July 2022
It’s time once again to take look at some of the recent metal releases that are in high rotation at The Metal Dad household. 2022 is off to a great start in the metal world an these three releases are three of the best out so far (in our humble opinion). Maule – MauleMuch like … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – February 2022
Every year right after New Year’ Day I sit down and look at what metal albums are turning 25 years old, and every year I’m amazed at how much great music existed at that time. 1997 was no exception. Personally speaking, 1997 was one of those college years that seems like just a blur now. … More 1997: 25 Heavy Albums From 25 Years Ago
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
Time once again for our pseudo-monthly look at the metal albums that have been in high rotation in the The Metal Dad household. Cerebral Rot – Excretion of MortalityWe’ve waxed poetic in this space quite a bit over the last few years about the renaissance that death metal has undertaken over the last decade or … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – July 2021
In previous years I was very strict in my belief that any ‘best of’ list should be reserved for full-length albums. While, I maintained that rule for the three lists we already posted in 2020 – Connecticut albums, Metal albums, and Americana albums – the amount of stellar EPs I found myself gravitating to this … More 2020 Non-Metal EPs of the Year
With this decade coming to a somewhat unceremonious close (or at least that’s how it feels to me), I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the last ten years in music, specifically the music from my backyard here in Connecticut. There are a lot of bands who have come and gone (and come again … More A Decade of CT Music: 2010
Our (pseudo) monthly look at the recent metal releases that warm the cockles of our blackened hearts. Herod – Sombre Dessein No matter how often it happens, there is nothing better than an album coming out of virtually nowhere to knock you right on your ass. Hello Switzerland’s sludge lords, Herod. I’ll be the … More More (Metal) Guitar In The Monitor – February 2019
Our (not-so) monthly look at the recent and upcoming non-metal albums that have been tickling our ears on a regular basis. Xavier Serrano – Bell Chimes of Yesteryear After a stint fronting indie-folk outfit, Kindred Queer, and a run of three solo EPs, New Haven, Connecticut’s Xavier Serrano has already established himself as a … More More (Non-Metal) Guitar In the Monitor – February 2019
It’s often difficult to pinpoint the exact moment when appreciation for a band turns into something felt on a deeper, more spiritual level. It was late April 2012 when I was tasked with filming as many bands as possible at the Meriden Daffodil Festival for a local music television show I was producing at the … More Farewood – Under Burning Sun
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