A segment meant to highlight a quality release that hasn’t gotten enough attention lately. Anything from an underrated 80s albums to early 2000s release that may no longer be generating buzz
Lost in time – albums that were forgotten in the shuffle of time for one reason or another. Sometimes bands are far too late for their respective style and are dead on arrival while others are a little too early and don’t catch the tailwind that they needed to succeed. In the case of Skullview’s 1998 debut, Legends of Valor, it’s a little bit of both.
The New Wave of British Heavy Metal – words seared into the brain of virtually every metalhead out there.
It’s been three months since the legendary Mark Shelton of the epic metal titans Manilla Road passed to the other side. His sudden death made shock waves across the metal world. Mark was one of the kindest and most dedicated individuals out there – over four years of writing kick ass metal music without a hint of wavering. His never-ending devotion to music led him to a number of projects over the years in addition to his mainstay of Manilla Road – The Riddle Master and Hellwell to name a couple among a legion of others. One such project, buried long ago, was a collaboration with fellow US metal powerhouse David T. Chastain. Read more…
Deaf Dealer – a band who is always in a perpetual state of changing their band name between Deaf Dealer and Death Dealer – are cruel victims of fate (and asshole labels). Deaf Dealer’s second full length album, Journey Into Fear, is the epitome of my “lost in time” segment. Read more…
Epic Heavy Metal from Canada. Much like the Gorgon of ancient Greek mythology, Tales of Medusa are a band with a shroud of mystery and legend behind them. When they were still active, this Canadian based epic heavy metal band operated like no one else. The band members went by pseudonyms, there was no promotion of the material by the band, they avoided record labels like the plague, and there was no conventional way to obtain their music. Read more…
It’s that wonderful time of year – there’s a fresh layer of pristine, white snow on the ground, the house is warm and cozy, mom’s baked some cookies, and your excitement is palpable. You can hardly contain it all. What could you have possibly gotten from the jolly old man this year? Could it be that toy truck that you see on every day time commercial? You just hope it’s not coal. You’ve been good this year! Hmm…maybe it’s a new football? No. It’s thirty eight minutes of pure speed metal. Merry Christmas! Read more…
Iceland is a tiny island-country filled with a plethora of natural beauty – its icy shores are decorated with lagoons, glaciers, volcanoes, and hot springs. With a current day population that is barely over 300,000, this is one of the last countries that you would expect to find classic heavy metal. Yet here we are with Drysill’s debut – Welcome to the Show. Read more…
Epic Heavy Metal from Canada. I originally wrote and submitted this review to the metal archives, but I feel like this band is solid and unique enough to highlight once more here! Read more…
USPM from New Jersey. Overlorde (not to be confused with Overlorde S.R., another top notch USPM band) formed together all the way back in 1985. The United States Power Metal movement was in full swing by that time Read more…