Metal to the Core!

This column this time around is about shows and how expensive they are getting. When you go see these “classic” rock bands, most play these casinos, at least they do near me, which in this case is Atlantic City, and the cost of going is over $100 per ticket. That, to me, is crazy. Most […]

With all the social media their fingertips, It’s harder for bands than ever to get noticed. I have touched on this before, and it bears worth repeating. There are just way too many bad bands out there these days in underground metal. More labels are ever releasing below average or in some cases poor product […]

Lead singer of Iron Maiden Bruce Dickinson recently said in an interview ‘Illegal downloading destroyed the concept of music having any value.’ I couldn’t agree with him more. Nobody wants to buy music anymore, especially when they can get it for free. Me myself, I have never illegally downloaded anything. If a new artist or […]

For this month’s column I reached out to some Underground labels, bands, and people and Asked this: When you release something these days how do you go about promoting it? Kostas Sustainvanos Promo song on YouTube, ads in magazines, interviews, promo copies to printed magazines, digital pak to webzines. Flávio Oliveira: That’s the way everyone […]

Well the year is coming to an end and 2017 will become and gone soon and another year of music is on the books so to speak. Yes, there was some good music and even a few great releases, but for the most part music releases sucked this year. Now in saying that, I am […]

This column I am going to touch on the cost of going to live shows and how many so-called “reunion” tours go on these days from a lot of bands from the 80’s. The cost of going to live concerts has skyrocketed recently and I am sure it is due to the fact that album […]

There is something I really miss in today’s music scene and that is fanzines. Fanzines are/were little magazines (if you could even call them magazines, I wouldn’t myself) that a “fan” would put out. In the mid 80’s they really started popping up all over the place and then in 1986, I started mine. Zines […]

THRASH METAL!! The best thrash album of all time? Not an easy choice. For me it’s Exodus “Bonded by Blood”. A underground landmark. Thrash metal. I am sure some of you when you heard those words think of maybe old Metallica or the Bay area thrash scene in the 80’s. When I was started to […]

What does the term death metal mean to some of you? Some may think it’s a wall of noise with gurgle vocals. Not to me. When death metal is played right it can be one of the most devastating forms of music known to man. Here’s the big problem though. There are only a handful […]

Absolutely hate all these “reality” singers’ shows that are on the air these days. The Voice, American Idol and America’s Got Talent to name 3. Shows like these make me sick. All these singers in just a few weeks become ‘stars? In some cases, somebody has to win the show and they get a record […]

CHROMATIC BLACK/Self Titled (OK Good Records) I thought this was gonna be some generic modern rock, but how wrong I was. This was some awesome punk rock with tons of killer hooks and vocals. The tunes had my head nodding to the tunes and the heavy guitar and bass filled my ears with sounds that […]

ASTRIAAL/Anatomy Of The Infinite (Obsidian Records) This is this bands 1st release in over 10 years. To me this is just another black metal band doing nothing new or different that I have not heard a 1000 times before. Same pick riffing, same black metal vocals, and same fast black metal style music with a […]

NECRODEMON/Reclamation Of The Stygian Throne (Reaper Records) Prepare to be assaulted and prepare to be slayed, beaten, and crushed into submission. This is easily the best thing this band has done and is a crushing slab of old school death/black metal played with a fury, aggression and feeling. The singer screams and growls with a […]