KXM: Grooves For days
“Welcome to the Groove Machine.” Remember those words from the KING’S X album Tapehead? Well they couldn’t be more apropos here. KXM, the new project from dUg Pinnick (KING’S X), George Lynch...
View ArticleGus G Brings Fire With Solo Debut
Gus G, guitarist extraordinaire for both OZZY and his own band FIREWIND has unveiled his debut solo album for Century Media Records in I Am the Fire, out today and sporting a veritable who’s who of...
View ArticleTalking with Gorguts' Luc Lemay
Earlier this year I was able to chat via Skype with GORGUTS mastermind Luc Lemay. I wanted to share this with you guys now since the DECIBEL MAGAZINE TOUR kicks off this week, with a stop at Trees...
View ArticleAncient Ascendant - Echoes and Cinders
So about two weeks ago I was dicking around on Facebook while working and I stumbled onto this band ANCIENT ASCENDANT who were getting ready to put a record out, Echoes and Cinder, their second...
View ArticleWinger shows us Better Days Comin'
It’s been four-and-a-half years since we last had a WINGER album. I dunno about you but I loved 2009’s Karma and played the fuck out of it. It still gets frequent spins here...
View ArticleAvatar - Hail the Apocalypse
As a music writer I am able to discover a TON of bands that I otherwise wouldn’t have known about or necessarily given the time of day. Whenever something shows up in my inbox or mailbox that I...
View ArticleTesla - Simplicity
I love TESLA. I always have. Even when their records haven’t been world-beaters you could always guarantee that the ensuing tour would be badass, because these guys have consistently delivered the...
View ArticleJudas Priest's triumphant return with Redeemer of Souls!!
My love of all things JUDAS PRIEST is known far and wide. For the most part Rob Halford and Co. have delivered one winning record after another, so you can imagine my excitement at the first new...
View ArticlePlaid Brixx - Chemistry
Seven hours ago I received an album in my mailbox. Seven. Let that sink in for a moment. Seven hours ago Chemistry, the debut EP from PLAID BRIXX showed up here. Never do I do something like this. I...
View ArticleDragonForce - Maximum Overload
Sweet Mother of Nintendo, DRAGONFORCE is back!! On August 19 Metal Blade Records will release their sixth album, and second with vocalist Marc Hudson, Maximum Overload, and that title couldn’t be more...
View ArticleIn Flames - Siren Charms
I have always enjoyed IN FLAMES music, but I was never a die-hard fan, and as such I have never deigned to get involved in all the old vs. new brouhaha, quite frankly because it doesn’t matter...
View ArticleRigor Mortis's Casey Orr: Slaves to the Grave and Mike Scaccia's legacy
RIGOR MORTIS first hit the national scene in 1987 and their 1988 debut record, RIGOR MORTIS (Capitol), has since become legendary in the thrash/speed metal community. Things weren't quite the same...
View ArticleMike LePond's Silent Assassins
So somehow Mike LePond of SYMPHONY X decided to put out a solo record and I was THE last to know! Thanks a lot for keeping me informed, dear readers. Here’s what he had to say about it...
View ArticleIn This Moment's Black Widow breaks my heart
This is the hardest review I’ve ever had to write. In the almost two years of writing records up, I have seen and heard some fantastic records that I got to hear before the masses, some god-awful...
View ArticleSlayer and Exodus deliver a Texas-Sized Beatdown in Grand Prairie!!
EXODUS and SLAYER, together on the same bill, with guitar master Gary Holt pulling double duty in BOTH BANDS?? YOU KIDDING ME WITH THIS?!? When they announced the tour I nearly popped a blood vessel;...
View ArticleAn Interview With Cannabis Corpse's LandPhil!!
CANNABIS CORPSE have embarked on a headlining tour across the United States starting yesterday, November 28 in Wilmington, NC. It will run for a month with a stop here in Dallas on December 2 at Club...
View ArticleRoses Unread's "Fallen" is a sure-fire winner!
It’s no secret that I’m a pretty big fan of ROSES UNREAD. They are not only an excellent band, but outstanding people, every single one of them. This was truly evident when their tour rolled through...
View ArticleINGESTED bring about The Architect of Extinction
Manchester, England’s INGESTED are back with their third slamming death metal offering The Architect of Extinction. Opting for more brutality than technicality (which is not to say these guys can’t...
View ArticleWe Are Harlot deliver a monster debut!!
Back in January I was sitting minding my own business when along comes an e-mail from Roadrunner Records detailing the new side project (at the time) from Danny Worsnop, called WE ARE HARLOT and...
View ArticleVEIL OF MAYA Return With 'Matriarch'
VEIL OF MAYA...a band that quite frankly is so polarizing it’s ridiculous. On the one hand you have guys like me who absolutely love them, and on the other you have the detractors who hide behind...
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