Everyone has a bit of the devil inside, and Stacey Savage is no exception. As the ass-kicking front woman of occult heavy metal band Savage Master, Savage has been tantalizing listeners with her piercing shrieks, no-holds-barred approach toward live performances, and ability to transcend from mere mortal to all-powerful sorceress—able …
Read More »EP Review: Evilyn Strange – Evilution
Website | Facebook | Twitter Following the 2013 album Mourning Phoebe, the metal outfit Evilyn Strange is set to release Evilution on March 7th. The five-track EP gives us a taste of what’s to come from the full, 11-track album later this year, and it is a thunderous teaser. The …
Read More »Interview with Steve “Lips” Kudlow of Anvil: “…If you measure life on the people you meet, the places you go, and your experiences, I’m a billionaire!”
Once you begin listening to Anvil, you’ll never look back. Their initial 80s output—Hard ‘n’ Heavy (1981), Metal on Metal (1982), and Forged in Fire (1983) — is essential to thrash’s expansion worldwide. Subsequent releases will leave you equally shocked as to why the band’s credibility has only recently been …
Read More »Album Review – Manimal: Trapped in the Shadows
When it comes to straight-up heavy metal, most fans believe that it can’t get any better than the classics: Maiden, Priest, Sabbath, etc. If their latest release, Trapped in the Shadows, is anything to go by, Sweden’s Manimal are certainly subscribers to this philosophy. Their second album thoroughly succeeds in …
Read More »Album Review: W.A.S.P. – Golgotha
A retrospective covering the Sunset Strip music scene of mid 1980s Los Angeles would feel incomplete without inclusion of W.A.S.P. Best known for such hits as “Wild Child,” “I Wanna Be Somebody,” and “L.O.V.E. Machine,” the band exuded an identity that kept them in a league all their own. While …
Read More »Heavy Metal Horror-Comedy DEATHGASM in Theaters October 2nd
DEATHGASM, the hilarious, action-filled, bloodsoaked ode to heavy metal horror that’s blown away festival audiences worldwide, hits U.S. cinemas and VOD on October 2, 2015 via Dark Sky Films! “Deathgasm is a film by metalheads for metalheads… Deathgasm is here for those defenders of the faith who want to have …
Read More »Album Review: Bridge To Grace – Origins (Out August 28)
When fresh new sounds of modern hard rock struggle to reach the waves of major radio, the chances for a breakthrough are unfairly slim. In true sign-of-the-times fashion, I’ve constantly questioned the irony of bands with arena-sized ambitions being confined to indie labels. Surprisingly, upon listening to Bridge To Grace’s …
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