Album Reviews

St. Louis, MO’s Black Fast come forth to prove that great metal can come from the most unlikely of placed with Terms of Surrender. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-dUYVSpNLo https://vimeo.com/135134916   Text...

Former members of Three Days Grace, Staind, Finger Eleven and more join together to form the new super group Saint Asonia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eti6O6urCO4 https://vimeo.com/134806244   Text Review: Back in 2013...

Juno award winning Finger Eleven return with their first album in five years with yet another new style.  How will this album's change up...

The reigning kings of black metal return with new band members (again) and their eleventh full album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZGiyfAa-dc https://vimeo.com/132898440   Text Review: Black metal is a very polarizing sub-genre...

After almost two decades, Failure return from a Fantastic Planet and offer an introspective theme filled with guitar effects and ambiance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgLE8WrzLEE   https://vimeo.com/132056401   Text Review: Picking up from...

Buddy Nielsen and company return and dive deep into personal exploration with their sixth full album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ivuL3lYBB4 https://vimeo.com/131836944   Text Review: Adding too many elements to your style can...

Benjamin Burnley returns with a new lineup, returned passion and makes failure sound like a good thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn9qeiIliRw https://vimeo.com/131483827   Text Review: Some musicians have a rabid die-hard fanbase...

The rock world gets gritty and low with Brooklyn’s Highly Suspect and there “No F’s Given” attitude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj-u_g4iJBs https://vimeo.com/129743221   Text Review: Low and soulful blues rock is a...

Oakland's metal kings High On Fire offer a new light to thrash fans and a new headache to crotchety old next door neighbors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3S98xE_RKg https://vimeo.com/129394357   Text Review: You...

A series looking at my all time favorite albums.  This video is dedicated to 2005’s Frances The Mute by The Mars Volta. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4TbzTBUkN8 https://vimeo.com/129066959