“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.”

Trigger warning

In that I’m warning you that I’m about to play a really great death metal song by IN FLAMES. See what I did there? Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)...

Grand Magus

If you are a fan of good old-fashioned hard rock and heavy metal with an epic feel to it- I’m talking the likes of IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST, SAXON, DIO, and MANOWAR- then I have just the band for you: GRAND MAGUS first came to my attention via probably my...

The Lost Battalion

New SABATON album on its way. Need I say more? Judging by their last two albums, this one is going to SLAY. This one has kind of the same sort of groove to it that “Hearts of Iron” did from Heroes, and that is one of my favourite songs by this awesome...

RIP Nick Menza

Damn. I did NOT expect to wake up yesterday and read this headline: Menza was performing with the band OHM at the Baked Potato in Studio City, CA when he reportedly collapsed from a heart attack. […] Mustaine wrote on Twitter: “TELL ME THIS ISN’T TRUE! I...

The MAGA anthem

Courtesy of some bloke called @BakedAlaska: Well, he’s sure as hell baked on something. And the excessive use of autotune is, to a purist like me, highly irritating; as far as I’m concerned, if I want to listen to some one using autotune to disguise her...

If Beethoven had been a metalhead…

Which he absolutely would have been: EXMORTUS were the opening act for the truly almighty AMON AMARTH last Friday night. Now normally, I could not care less who opens for bands like IRON MAIDEN, AMON AMARTH, or HELLOWEEN; I applaud them politely while mentally telling...

Jomsviking

The almighty AMON AMARTH’s latest studio album was released a few days ago. This is their first album without longtime drummer Freidrik Anderssen in something like 17 years- since Once Sent From the Golden Hall, I think. I’m about halfway through the album...

Power metal gone bananas

Here’s an interesting riddle: what happens when you take a Swiss former law school student, the keyboardist/vocalist for Scottish pirate metal band ALESTORM, and three other highly talented but clearly batshit-insane musicians, and lock them all in a big house...

Okay, seriously Japan, WTF?!

New BABYMETAL single. I should just stop there. Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Share on Telegram (Opens...