Review: Monks of Mellonwah’s Sky and the Dark Night

I’ve had the pleasant opportunity to review the new EP entitled Sky and the Dark Night from upcoming Australian progressive indie rock band Monks of Mellonwah. The EP is a single composition split up into three sections, which blend into each other so naturally that I’m almost puzzled as to why they would choose to… Continue reading Review: Monks of Mellonwah’s Sky and the Dark Night

Review: Heavy Breath’s Muddy Life

If you’re trying to get a girl to sleep with you for the first time, Heavy Breath’s Muddy Life is not the album to put on.  But if you’ve got an Al Qaeda operative tied up in your basement and you need to find out where the bomb is RIGHT NOW – or if the… Continue reading Review: Heavy Breath’s Muddy Life

Sound, Blood, and Lineup: A Review of Howl’s Bloodlines

Bloodlines, Howl’s second full-length album, is due to be released by Relapse Records April 30th.  Fans of the Rhode Island doom metal band will find this work to be just as powerful as Full of Hell, but with some marked differences. The first distinction is that Bloodlines is a lot less sludgy.  If Full of… Continue reading Sound, Blood, and Lineup: A Review of Howl’s Bloodlines

The Latest From The Danbury Lie?

Under his “nom de guitar” The Danbury Lie, composer and multi-instrumentalist Rob Loncto has released his fourth album in less than a year.  Seven cerebral tracks titled ? (yep, ?) take the listener on a nostalgic journey filled with witches, demons, tri-tones, and surprising moments of beauty. The Danbury Lie’s sound is hard to classify,… Continue reading The Latest From The Danbury Lie?

Control Your Body and Mind with an Alternative Workout

  By Jesse Styles I don’t know about you, but I’m not a fan of the traditional gym workout. Going to the same place to repeat the same mindless, boring routine is just not motivation enough for me to get up off the couch. In fact I never used to be a fan of the… Continue reading Control Your Body and Mind with an Alternative Workout

Sometimes the Wheel Stops: Finishing A Memory of Light

Nine-hundred and nine pages later, I’m done with A Memory of Light.  Done with the Wheel of Time series.  Forever. I was sad as I read the last chapter.  This is it!  I would never again read the adventures of Rand, Mat, Perrin, Rand’s harem of women, or the countless other characters that made up… Continue reading Sometimes the Wheel Stops: Finishing A Memory of Light