The first time I encountered A Sound Of Thunder, it was live at the Empire NoVA in Springfield, Va. My thoughts at that time were ones of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Black Sabbath, all rolled into one band! I quickly bought up their music and h ...
CD Review: ‘Out Of Respect For The Dead’ By Grave
Swedish death metal band Grave return from the dead with its 11th record. Out Of Respect For The Dead is pure Stockholm death metal, complete with gory lyrics, buzzsaw guitars and manic drumming. The opener “Mass Grave Mass” is a brutal headbanger th ...
CD Review: ‘I Worship Chaos’ by Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom are a four-piece for the first time in its 20-plus year career. Roope Latvala left the band this past May before the recording of I Worship Chaos. Well, the absence of a second guitarist has not hindered the band's aggression. “I Hu ...
CD Review: ‘The Book of Souls’ by Iron Maiden
It’s been five years since Iron Maiden blessed us with The Final Frontier, so the anticipation for their newest masterpiece The Book of Souls had been building up to a fever pitch with no less than Lady Gaga tweeting that she was up at 5 a.m. to purc ...
CD Review: ‘Suicide Society’ by Annihilator
Annihilator founder and guitarist Jeff Waters has made it to album no. 15 with Suicide Society. Not only is this the band's 15th release, it is also to first album since 1997 where Waters handles lead vocals. This is not a plus or a negative, as Anni ...
CD Review: ‘Broken Flesh’ by Broken Flesh
Christian metal often gets a bad reputation for being soft or fake. Well, one cannot say that about Oklahoma metal act Broken Flesh. The band's self-titled third album is straight up guttural, tech-death metal with a groove. In fact, one would not ev ...
CD Review: ‘VII: Sturm Und Drang’ by Lamb Of God
For another perspective on this album, check out David Feltman's review. I remember when my friend introduced me to Lamb Of God. He was blasting their newest album at that time, Sacrament, and I was enveloped by a combination of thrash metal ...
Interview: Renny Carroll of Forever Never
Photo above courtesy of Rachael Griffiths at Black Lotus Photography. Nine years ago I walked into a now defunct rock venue to check out one of my favorite bands, Stuck Mojo. I was running late and worried I wouldn't make it in time to see t ...
Concert Review: Faith No More comes to Atlanta July 30
"HELLO MOTHERF**KER!" is the chorus of Faith No More's most recent single and the words they chose to reintroduce themselves to American audiences. It was a welcomed greeting. With the exception of a handful of shows in 2010, Faith No More has not mo ...
CD Review: ‘Forged in Fury’ by Krisiun
Four years have passed since Krisiun's last album, The Great Execution. The gap has not slowed the death metal outfit at all. Krisiun is all business on album opener “Scars of the Hatred.” The unorthodox song structure, mechanical riffing and relentl ...