Reviews

Gullifty’s Underground, February 12th

THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK ON THE SUBJECT OF MUSIC. As a music journalist, there are people out there who are under the impression that I know everything about every band that ever was. I do have a rather extensive knowledge about music, but, I DO NOT know it all. I felt I should explain that […]

“Unholy Crusade” marks the third installment in the black metal journey of Lord Belial. Recorded at the now famous Los Angered Recording Studios, “Uholy Crusade” is 60 minutes of deep, haunting blasts of long withheld fury and hate. The low tunings of Vassago and Bloodlord add hellacious depths with additional seven string guitars and five […]

Manticora was formed in 1996 on the ashes of other Danish underground metal acts. They play a mixture of 80’s power metal (inspired by the likes of Blind Guardian & Helloween) and 90’s semi-progressive metal (Nevermore & Iced Earth). The band received only positive responses on their “Dead End Solution” mini album (released by themselves […]

Sacrificial was formed in August 1990. The band soon caused a lot of stir in the international metal underground with the “91 demo “Lords Of Torment”. In 1993 Sacrificial issued their debut album “Forever Entangled”. An aggressive death thrash album which was very well received. Sadly the local record company closed down and Sacrificial was […]

Blast off! Prepare to be lifted from that listless, soulless life you lead. Repent and rejoice, 50 Tons Of Black Terror (known as Penthouse outside North America) deliver the juice with their subterranean sick blues in the form of their 2nd long player. Endearingly titled “My Idle Hands,” said record includes 13 self penned beauties. […]

Vocalist Jizzy Pearl puts down the microphone and picks up a pen and, out of his twisted imagination, comes a book, “I Got More Crickets Than Friends.” While he might not rank up there with the likes of Stephen King, he does manage to keep you entertained from page one all the way to page […]

Bernie Torme, legendary cult guitarist, uses his 60’s Fender Stratocaster and Marshall 100 watt amp like he knew them in a previous life.

These ever evolving Oska City stalwarts have been kicking out the jams since 1985. During their early years, the bands sound leaned more towards the realm of thrash/hardcore crossover. In 1991 the band released their album “Psycho Thrash” and spent much of the following year touring Japan and opening for such overseas acts as D.R.I. […]

And when the jaws of the alternative revolution momentarily shadowed the metal scene, only those bands laden with uncompromising dedication found the drive to march on with their metal crusade. Among them stood Sinner. Strutting a laundry list of albums, each seemingly more potent than the last, Sinner is quite possibly one of the most […]

Surfdog/Hollywood Records

Acheron have built a name for themselves over the years as a solid, original death metal band and “Those Who Have Risen” points out that fact once again and shows us just why. This, a concept album based on vampyric rites, shows the band sharper than ever. With the production outdoing that of even their […]

“It’s a beautiful thing to be able to tour the world, do your thing & do what you love to do.” Lajon, Sevendust’s vocalist, sums up one of the driving forces behind this frank, aggressive & independent metal band. Lajon describes Sevendust’s self-titled debut release as “a real album dealing with everything that’s going on […]

New York City – February 6, 1997 It was an emotional night at the Roseland as the hall rocked for over two solid hours to the thunderous sounds of the metal legends who in their several year absense had obviously been greatly missed. It was a packed house on the night of February the sixth, […]