Day: July 5, 2019

Seven Pathways to Annihilation – HOWLING SYCAMORE It was always going to be epic. Take one of the most inventive and quite possibly unhinged songwriters in extreme music history, Davide Tiso (EPHEL DUATH), and pair him with one of the…

Help Us Stranger – THE RACONTEURS THE RACONTEURS burst on to the hard rock scene with 2006’s “Broken Boy Soldiers”, a pivotal moment for co-founder Jack White. Just one year later, the final WHITE STRIPES album was released. While this…

High Fantasy – GYGAX If you’ve never had the pleasure of listening to GYGAX, go back and give “Dice Throwers and Rock ‘n’ Rollers”, the opening track from last year’s “2nd Edition”, and blast at high volume. Therein lies everything…

As I Drink From The Infinite Well Of Inebriation – SERPENT OF GNOSIS Metal’s road to glory is littered with the broken corpses of bands that never quite received the recognition or success that they deserved. Uncharitably viewed with suspicion…

Crimson Riders – BOKASSA There are few things more likely to enhance your profile than a celebrity endorsement. He may still have an uncanny ability to generate controversy, but when Lars Ulrich declared that BOKASSA were his favorite new band,…