Metal playlists from the underground
It’s been 9 years since Shangri La Dee Da has been released and about 1 year since I personally wrote off the Stone Temple Pilots. Or Have I? When I first learned that STP was putting out a new album, I couldn’t care less. I’ve been let down by this band simply for the fact […]
After polling the little demonic beings living within my thick fat hairy skull, an imperfect list of the Top 100 All-Time Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Bands was born. We hope you despise it. Insincerely Yours, The Management P.S. When you are done vomiting blood all over the list, test your metal wits on the […]
Ozzy Osbourne employs guitar great Gus G. on his latest release Scream. Here are some of my initial track-by-track thoughts on the Prince of Darkness’ latest album. “Let it Die” The six minute opening tune has a great percussive tribal vibe in the beginning, a powerful intro solo from Gus G., and a sweet and […]
We are now at the half way point of a great year for heavy music. The first 6 months of 2010 have given a great assortment of powerhouse releases. If the year was to end right this second, these are my picks for the Top 10 Albums of 2010. 1. Overkill – Ironbound Legendary New […]
Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society is back with another bad ass tune and best leading single yet titled “Parade of the Dead.” The aggressive intro riff breeds even more aggression as the pummeling forces march onward. “Parade of the Dead” enlists a killer half-time power feel before the blazing guitar solo. The outro riff would […]
Can you remember way back to a long time ago when it was perfectly acceptable and rad to fuse punk rock and funk music? I’m talking about 1995; When Head Banger’s Ball was replaced with Super Rock and Dave Navarro was the new guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was also a year […]
Whoah dude. Methods of Mayhem is back man and you got to see it dude because it’s like totally sick man. Dude. Yeah. Woah! That’s enough of my juvenile and nonsensical Tommy Lee impersonating intro. The fact of the matter is that Methods of Mayhem, Lee’s nu-metal side project is back after an eleven year […]
Pearl Aday rocks hard, really hard. In fact, she is the hardest rocking woman in the biz today. Obviously, it helps when your step father is the legendary Meatloaf, but there is much more to the former Motley Crue backup singer than another simple example of nepotism. Pearl belts out melodies with a soulful intensity […]
The Brazilian god of doom brings the shit on Soulfly’s latest righteous masterpiece, Omen. Max Cavalera’s guerrilla army of guitar hero Marc Rizzo, bassist Bobby Burns, drummer Joe Nunez, and producer Logan Mader (ex-Machine Head/ex-Soulfly guitarist) attacks mercilessly with 11 brutal cuts of earth pounding grooves and virtuosic riffs. Omen’s energy is relentless from the […]
ARMORED SAINT: LA RAZA After a near-decade long layoff, arguably the biggest hard-luck metal band ever Armored Saint return with LA RAZA, an infectious multi-layered metallic creation brimming over with a deep wealth of hooks while retaining the ahead of their time eclectic heaviness that made the band stand out amongst swarms of bands from […]