Music Review
I have to admit that I never got black metal when I first heard it. I think I was trying to listen to it as if it were death metal, but there are subtle differences. Black metal is more like alternative death metal… if that makes sense. I went in to listening to the debut…
Another obscure classic resurrected by Born Twice Records. Vision is probably best known to some as the band that had two members of Lynyrd Skynyrd after they survived the infamous plane crash and converted to Christianity. Vision is usually labeled as Southern rock. While there is some southern rock in there, there is also a…
This is the second album by Vision – first on a label. This album is a little less progressive and a little less southern than Mountains in the Sky. Being in the studio gives this a beefier, heavier sound than their first album, even though the songs are probably more pop-oriented. Whereas fans of progressive…
Remember Blaster The Rocket Man (Boy)? Hands down one of the Punkest things to hit the Christian market since Scaterd Few! Vocalist DanielPeterson (Aka Oto Bott) has another band that is just as amazing! This band is the real deal, that controlled chaos that makes real Punk Rock so wonderful. Fans of such creative genius…
I am a huge fan of Horror Punk! The Misfits are easily in my top 20 all time greatest bands list, with both Danzig and Michale Graves on vocals, I like ’em both the same. I find it to be one of the last true Punk Rock Scenes out there, very DIY, core fans, small…
Disaffection is every classic thrash metal head’s dream band. Seriously, these guys open up with sound snippets of a helicopter and bullet fire in what sounds like a firefight during a war, then comes the piercing guitars, gang vocals, bludgeoning drums and driving bass that I can only imagine is pumped out by ferocious, neck…
Is Southern rock making a comeback? Seems like we have a major southern fried theme going on in the reviews this month. If you know anything about guitar players and Christian music, you know who Rex Carroll is. Look up “shred” in the dictionary and you will find Carroll’s picture. Even people that hate hair…
Ian Arkley formed My Silent Wake in 2005. For all you metalheads, Ian has played with Seventh Angel, Ashen Mortality, Paramaecium and a couple of other acts as well. This split with The Drowning is great! The first 4 songs belong to My Silent Wake and each one is very different from the other. The…
The Fall was originally released when so many hair metal bands were trying to be grunge. And most were failing – they tried too hard to change every part of their sound… even the parts that they couldn’t handle. King James was heads above the pack, because grunge is just an influence. For example, Jimi…
Somehow a Helloween CD got sent to us for review. Oh, wait a second – wrong continent. This is the Brazilian band Adiastasia. While they aren’t really a full-on clone of any one band, you can easily recognize the influences of all of the big players in the power metal scene – Gamma Ray, Stratovarius,…