Whenever I’m looking at some instrumental album or band, the chances are that the genre in question is rock. Particularly psychedelic rock given how well it translates without any vocals, but I’m always open to switching it up a bit. … Continue reading Pragmatic Chaos – Ars Nova
The world of heavy psych is one that I feel is currently in a real golden age where many people have a good nostalgia for the classic psychedelia of music from decades ago but want to mix it with a … Continue reading Kamadeva – Ritual en Carcosa
I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: I’m typically not a fan of demos. Sure, there are the occasional exceptions, but I’m not a real fan of an unpolished sound because I know the material could sound … Continue reading Merlock – s/t
In today’s modern state of metal, innovation is all but rampant and it doesn’t take an eagle-eyed fan to see that. Metal is easily the genre with the most amount of varying styles and sounds to where it appears there’s … Continue reading Kissin’ Dynamite – Ecstasy
Coming across some hard rock recently has left me high and dry more than anything, sadly. The style has never really stood out without the help of riffs coming into play in order to carry an album forward. I felt … Continue reading ASG – Survive Sunrise
Every now and then, a band rolls around that manages to capture the imagination of the masses in such a way that it’s truly remarkable to witness. King Buffalo did so with their last album, “Orion”, and they literally blew … Continue reading King Buffalo – Repeater
A great privilege for a musician would be to play in many household name bands year after year. Imagine working not only with the likes of King Diamond but Mercyful Fate, Sabaton, Memento Mori, Elvenking, Denner/Shermann, and Kamelot along with many other. You’d … Continue reading Snowy Shaw – White Is the New Black
Since their debut a few years back, Against Evil has become one of those acts in the heavy metal community that many people have crowded around simply because what we’ve seen of them is so tantalizing and spectacular. What many … Continue reading Against Evil – All Hail the King
Many people have long regarded heavy metal as the cheesiest of all the metal styles (outside glam metal, naturally), and while that has varying degrees of truth to it I’ve always still had a profound love for the classic feel … Continue reading Biter – The Eyes of the Biter
Despite only being around for not even ten years, the band of Visigoth is already on track to becoming modern staples of heavy metal as they’ve left a sizeable impression on the underground with what few pieces they’ve put out … Continue reading Visigoth – Conqueror’s Oath
