Meat Puppets, a unique band that fuses Punk-Rock, Psychedelic rock, and Country in one chaotic and vibrant amalgamation, was formed in 1980 by brothers Chris and Curt Kirkwood along side their friend and drummer, Derrick Bostrom. The band started out with a more pure punk sound with fast aggressive drums and screaming, warbling vocals from…
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Eric Burdon Declares “WAR”
Eric Burdon, our charming ringmaster in this musical circus, introduces us to War’s first official album release, ‘Eric Burdon Declares War‘. Released in April of 1970, this album introduced the world to the now legendary funk-fusion super-group War, with Eric Burdon of ‘The Animals‘ fame, lending his sultry and harsh voice to the band for…
True Inhuman Utterings
While Teitanblood may hail from Spain, their true essence comes from the burning pits of Hell. The band which formed in 2003 by guitarist and vocalist NSK, prefers to stay hidden, refusing most interviews and would rather express his true feelings through his music, and boy does it show. A rather short, yet impactful discography,…
Is it cold in here, or is it just me?
Lifelover, a truly odd band which has a strange place in the Black Metal scene. To truly pin point a genre or a distinct sound to this band would be doing them a disservice. Lifelover, formed in 2005 by Kim Carlsson and Jonas Bergqvist (also known as B in the band), created a truly chaotic…
In the Hour of the Centaur
The pounding of hooves rumble to earth beneath you. Peering up the hill you see a horde of horse-backed warriors line the hill-top, the sun making their bronze armor shine a blinding light. But the sky grows dark as a wave of arrows block out the sun, blanketing the land below them in a hellish…
In Honor of Steve Sylvester
Its 1988, you walk into your local record store and notice a strange imported record from Italy with a man sitting on a pile of skulls dressed like some sort of demonic creature. With your curiosity getting the better of you, you decide to pick it up and give it a try. How bad…
Celestial Hymns to the Absolute Majesty
Black Mass for a Mass Grave, the latest album released by the celestial messengers and black metal legends Inquisition, a two-man band with founder, guitarist, and vocalist, Dagon accompanied by drums played by Incubus. These two have been spreading the word of Cosmic-Luciferianism through their music, characterized by Dagon’s distinct play style of using the…
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Back in the 2010s, the record label RVNG International released a series of intergenerational collaborative albums, named FRKWYS, that sought to bring together artists across different generations together to experiment with how newer sounds mix with the old tried and true way. The 9th album in the FRKWYS series saw two very different groups form…
The Spectrum of Death (Horna – Kuoleman Kirjo 2020)
Horna, one of the most legendary Finnish Black Metal acts, has returned after 5 years presenting us with an ode to Saatanan him self named ‘Kuoleman Kirjo’. This release does not disappoint, an aggressive assault on the senses that keeps their raw unadulterated sound alive, while pushing the production style to more a more modern-era….