When it comes to real life guitar gods, few are bigger or better than the legendary Michael Schenker. Not only was he responsible for helping create two of the biggest rock bands in the history of rock/heavy metal (Scorpions and UFO for those few poor souls who don’t know any better) but his solo...
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God bless Redd Kross! It’s been 15 years since their last album, Show World, and amazingly in 2012, they’ve released a gem of an album called Researching the Blues. The brothers McDonald have never sounded better and have come back to bring their infectious brand of power/punk/pop/glam/rock back to the world. One of the...
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Dark, sweet, haunting, beautiful. These are words you wouldn’t expect to describe the vocals from a band called Acid Bath, but if those vocals came from a man named Dax Riggs (and they do) then these descriptions would not even come close to doing his amazing voice justice. His dark, gothic lyrics combined with...
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Usually I’m all about the metal, but for those who know me well enough know I love all different kinds of music too. I simply don’t put in the same amount of time learning about unknown, underground, indie bands. It would take up too much of my already wasted time away from obsessively seeking...
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One of my favorite metal albums from the ‘Great American Metal Drought’ of the 90′s was Cleansing by the highly underrated NY crossover kings, Prong. I’m a huge Tommy Victor fan, love his guitar tone, love his riffs and love his passion. The guy is a meat and potatoes metal warrior and whether he...
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Vektor became the thrash metal darlings of 2011 when they dropped Outer Isolation on an unsuspecting audience late last year, so when they came to town Sunday night I thought it would be a great opportunity to catch them because I wasn’t quite sure how I felt about them or really got what all...
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If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll already know we’re big fans of Chelsea Wolfe and Wolves in the Throne Room. Both acts topped most of our lists last year in almost every category. So it’s with extreme jealously that I present Genji’s review of the joint bill at Echoplex last Thursday night. There’s a...
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Happy New Year metalheads! 2011 was a good year for the underground, with lots of solid and promising releases by newer and unknown bands, but for the old guard it wasn’t such a hot year. Lots of disappointments for me personally (Morbid Angel, Anthrax, Mastodon, Opeth etc….) but one of the sadder announcements last...
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Max and Igor Cavalera, the two famed metal brothers who formed the legendary Sepultura, have been playing together for the last few years as Cavalera Conspiracy, after not even talking to each other for over 10 years when Max left the band. For those unfamiliar with Cavalera Conspiracy, their sound falls somewhere between the...
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This was supposed to be the show of the year. The brilliant Enslaved supported by the two biggest metal darlings of 2010, Alcest and Ghost. I got my ticket months ago, was looking forward to seeing all three bands and had the night off of work. However, because of some visa problems or some...
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Hanoi Rocks. Most know them only as the band whose drummer was “the guy Vince Neil killed” in his 1985 vehicular manslaughter case. But Hanoi Rocks were far from nobodies. This was a band on their way to stardom when tragedy struck down drummer Razzle and ultimately doomed the band to the annals of...
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