Stick to Tradition: Satyricon’s Black Metal Motions
Oslo’s Satyricon are one of the survivors of the Norwegian black metal scene. Countless tragedies in other bands have notoriously marked the genre as Read More
Bloodshot – Hardcore Thrashers Ringworm’s Blistering Vinyl Release
Cleveland, Ohio’s Ringworm have had quite a career. With a huge number of lineup changes since the band’s inception in 1991, it’s clear that Read More
A Misfit Shines: Doyle’s Debut Abominator Slays Expectations
In the Pantheon of punk, there’s always a special place for The Misfits. Where Black Flag and Minor Threat used crazy, hardcore elements and Read More
HORSEBACK Defy Genre with Rarities Collection, A Plague of Knowing
Let’s cut to the chase: HORSEBACK is thoroughly original. No band really sounds like them when they’re in their element. Combining rough and distorted Read More
Casting a Scornful Eye: Primitive Man’s One-Note Debut
Filthy. Malignant. Frightening. These words can and have been used to describe Scorn, the debut album of Denver’s Primitive Man, the death/doom metal double Read More
Losing the Legacy: Her Dying Regret’s Untapped Potential
Very much like hair metal, post-grunge and nu-metal before it, metalcore is an underwhelming genre. It’s nothing particularly bad; it’s just oversaturated. Very few Read More