Category: Music

Album Review: Shallow Ground’s The End of Everything

If you wait long enough everything comes back in style.  For those metalheads who worship the bastard child of punk and Motörhead called thrash, this theory is a welcome revelation.  Over the past decade bands like Bonded By Blood, Warbringer, Fueled By Fire, Havok, and Merciless Death have reanimated the mosh-friendly aesthetic laid down by… Continue reading Album Review: Shallow Ground’s The End of Everything

We Were There: Cannibal Corpse in New Haven

Photos by Steve Walter. On a random Tuesday night in New Haven, my friend Steve and I walked through a sleepy, closed college town and turned a corner straight into the un-relenting force of doom. Headlining the Decibel Magazine tour at Toad’s Place, Cannibal Corpse was the main attraction of over four hours of double… Continue reading We Were There: Cannibal Corpse in New Haven

The Dillinger Escape Plan – One Of Us Is The Killer (Sumerian/Party Smasher)

By Thomas Pizzola My first introduction to this band came around the time of Miss Machine way back in 2004. I had just written about another band on their label at the time, Relapse, and their press person wanted to know if I wanted to hear their “highly touted” new album, which just happened to… Continue reading The Dillinger Escape Plan – One Of Us Is The Killer (Sumerian/Party Smasher)

Album Review: Dyed in Grey’s The Abandoned Part

  Dyed in Grey’s recently released album The Abandoned Part is a catchy and well-produced debut that will appeal to serious progressive metal fans and casual listeners alike.  Songs like “DeadHead” and “Filth” show the Brooklyn band’s penchant for alternating heavy, intricate prog-death parts with calmer singing and lyrical guitar lines.  Their riffs are pulled… Continue reading Album Review: Dyed in Grey’s The Abandoned Part

Chords for a Cure: Connecticut Musicians Band Together to Fight Cancer

When Ronnie James Dio was diagnosed with stomach cancer in late 2009, his wife Wendy said to the press, “After he kills this dragon, Ronnie will be back on stage where he belongs, doing what he loves best, performing for his fans.” But one day we all will meet a foe we cannot defeat.  Dio… Continue reading Chords for a Cure: Connecticut Musicians Band Together to Fight Cancer

Bair Grills… Orcs 1, Goblins 0 by ORCumentary

‘Incomparable’ is a difficult adjective to use appropriately. Everything in music is relatable in some way to something else, influences will often tell in the composer’s tendencies. And after thousands of years of purported civilization, all of the stories have been told. It’s a unique perspective that keeps these same, re-treaded tales fresh, and an… Continue reading Bair Grills… Orcs 1, Goblins 0 by ORCumentary