Extreme rarity, obscurity and zero provenance offer some of the biggest thrills of collecting where the chase is […]
retro review
Swedish death metal label Wrong Again Records was, in hindsight, off to an incredible start in releasing formative […]
The full story of Astharoth is one of unstoppable youthful ambition and skilled musicianship colliding with the fickle […]
If you’re not a spelunker aiming for the deepest caves of death/doom you might not be familiar with […]
The first ten years of releases from Lee Dorrian‘s still-ripping Rise Above Records might have began with intermittent […]
The early work of Morpheus Descends chronicles a legendarily promising addition to the callous New York death metal […]
A clear standout on Shrapnel Records‘ early US power/heavy metal line-up before it became primarily a shred label, Hexx […]
Incensed by the thriving and competitive early 90’s black metal scene in Bergen, Norway Ares aka Ron Hovland formed […]
Obnoxious began as a progressive thrash metal band in Remscheid, Germany back in 1989. Their impossible to find […]
The history of Polish black metal is wrought with grand triumphs, mildly comedic home-made armor, and the occasional […]
What sets Cenotaph’s second album apart from many obscure melodic death metal albums from it’s era isn’t necessarily […]
When I was a stupid punk teenie bopper I’d basically stumbled onto Suicidal Tendencies‘ ‘Join the Army’, Bad […]
When considering my favorite metal releases of all time I have immediate and strong opinions about my picks […]
With the January 2018 announcement that Apophis were indeed in pre-production for a new album after thirteen years […]
My introduction to Loudblast was through their historical split CD with Agressor ‘Licensed to Thrash’ and being particularly […]
Of all of the sorely mistreated NWOBHM classics post-1983 Avenger’s debut full-length ‘Blood Sports’ has been the most […]
The first and only release from South Holland based death/doom band Mourning is a surprisingly overlooked classic sub-genre […]
Chaos is a good place to start when talking about “Blod-draum”, but the songwriting shows great finesse for […]
As a kid my brother’s uninformed and admittedly random purchases from metal and punk mail-order distros often ended […]
Skyclad struck inspirational gold combining elements of folk and Celtic rock with thrash metal on their debut and […]
