“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

America and beer

F**k yeah! Pretty much every country song, ever. The non-stupid, non-sarcastic, far more AWESOME metal version of this is, naturally, a MANOWAR song: This band, by the way, is featured in one of the best near-future military fiction books ever written, John...

The boys are back in town

God have mercy on us all: The announcement ends months of speculation about the trio’s future after they left the BBC amid much controversy following the incident at a hotel in North Yorkshire in March.  Mr Wilman said today how the former Top Gear team...

Great band, lousy audience

That’s what I think EVERY TIME I see the legendary DEEP PURPLE play live in America: DEEP PURPLE holds a very special place in my metalhead heart. The very first rock gig that yours truly ever went to was DEEP PURPLE’s gig at Fort Canning Park,...

God what an awful racket…

A reader (and fellow Vile Faceless Minion) emailed me recently to express appreciation for my taste in music (!!!). He also mentioned in passing that his tastes tend more towards symphonic metal. Since I am nothing if not obliging toward my readers (yeah, OK, even I...

Buy their new album. NOW.

Maybe not quite as epic as a Derek Riggs creation, but still not bad Canadian metal act UNLEASH THE ARCHERS just released their new album, Time Stands Still, last Friday. I’ve been listening to it pretty much non-stop for the past 3 days, alongside LOST...

Getting pimp-slapped by reality

If I still used social media, I’d think strongly about making this my profile picture You know the old saying, “a conservative is a liberal who got mugged by reality”? Well, an ex-CNN anchor discovered just how true that saying is, the hard way:...

A vodka shot too far

So there I was, rocking out to some awesome power metal and generally enjoying life with a decent bottle of alcohol handy, when I stumbled across something that made me sit up and question my own sanity: After recovering from the initial shock of WTFness, I had...

Awakening the World

I discovered this forgotten yet amazing band a few days ago while rocking out to the new track from UNLEASH THE ARCHERS. These guys could have been the next HELLOWEEN or GAMMA RAY, back in the day, but for whatever reason, they stalled and crashed after just two...

Try to keep calm, everyone…

… and treat this announcement with the decoHOLY MOTHER OF GOD THE NEW IRON MAIDEN ALBUM IS FINALLY GOING TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY!!! IRON MAIDEN’s eagerly awaited new studio album, “The Book Of Souls”, will be released globally on September...

Hang on to your eardrums

Can’t believe I’d never heard of these guys before today: DAYYYYYYUMM. That woman can SING. Reminds me a lot of Kobra (aka Brittany) Paige from KOBRA AND THE LOTUS. Another chick-fronted band with great music and killer vocals. In my opinion, there...