RAMMSTEIN release single “ZEIT”, announce new album!
We’re in for a lachrymose bollocking of blockbuster proportions... [...]
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Scorpions – Rock Believer – Album Review
Welcomely formulaic while refreshingly vital, Rock Believer teaches you that what separates men from boys is that it ain’t over ‘til it’s over. But where's Mikkey Dee? [...]
DAVE LOMBARDO re-joins TESTAMENT!
Thrashers of the world, rejoice!!! Drum magus supreme Dave Lombardo has re-joined the ranks of San Francisco Bay Area titans (of creation) Testament!The Slayer legend [...]
Slash – 4 – Album Review
The difficulty in reviewing this record is that as soon as one is on the self-satisfied cusp of blithely dismissing its worse elements, along slithers the Slash of old to offer you a bite of a different apple, something heavenly enough to disrobe you entirely. [...]
JINJER Condemn Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Ukrainian metalcore / prog-metallers Jinjer have condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this past Thursday, February 24, and have appealed to fans from both countries [...]
Steve Vai – Inviolate – Album Review
Reviewing a Steve Vai album is not the sinecure it may feel like to listen to. It’s not as if your correspondent can blush, clumsily tripping all over his own colossal [...]
METALLICA’s Kirk Hammett To Release Solo EP
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett is set to release Portals, a solo EP, on Record Store Day (Saturday, April 23, 2022). This will mark the first-ever time in Metallica history that [...]
Ghost – Call Me Little Sunshine – Single Review
Greatness is imminent, as Tobias Forge is set to take Ghost to the pinnacle of the Metal Mountain with Impera and, Lucifer willing, save broader culture from itself. It won’t be a minute too soon. [...]
Tony Martin – Thorns – Album Review
Each track on Thorns reveals itself to represent a thorn of sorts in Martin’s psyche, which he employs a full emotional palette to portray across an extensive range of moods, atmospheres, and styles. These are sufficiently heterogeneous to invite repeated listening, showcasing as they do the man’s creativity, as well as his undiminished vocal register. [...]
Iron Maiden – Stratego – Single Review
With “Stratego”, Iron Maiden are two for two so far on a ten-track album that promises to be one of the most spectacular of their career, wiping away the semi-fatigue of predecessor The Book Of Souls and re-infusing a vigour that not a few are suggesting is reminiscent of the atmosphere and sense of purpose surrounding 1999’s Brave New World... [...]