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Dark Delirium: 5 Songs That Made Me A Metalhead

Norway’s Dark Delirium has been on a mission to bring you deeply heavy music since their inception in 2020. Last year, the band even released not just one, but two albums. In June 2021, the band released their debut record, Fallen. And just under 6 months later, Dark Delirium gave fans another monstrously heavy release to headbang to entitled, Sulphur.  Sulphur was my first introduction to Dark Delirium and I was immediately blown away. Living up to their name with...

Terminus Hate City Interview

Terminus Hate City: Behind The Label w/ Jay Crash

Meet Terminus Hate City, the independent Atlanta label that’s helping hone your new favorite bands with a different approach to the band-label relationship.  We’ve all heard the horror stories about The Big Bad Label. No matter the genre, artists throughout the industry including Taylor Swift and Chevelle haven’t been quiet about feeling as though they were robbed of their intellectual rights by their label. Swift is even re-recording her music because of this. But with social media marketing changing the...

Women In Metal Music Playlist

Celebrating Women In Metal Music [Playlist]

I definitely became a metalhead in my preteen years. But that doesn’t necessarily mean I always felt represented as a female who loves metal music. As a Catholic school student living in an area where country music is sovereign, my metal discoveries at the time relied on what was put out by the media. There were definitely women in metal making a name for themselves and creating amazing music while I was growing up. Yet for some reason, they were...

Obscura Live 2022

Review of Pam & Tommy on Hulu [YOUTUBE REVIEW]

I didn’t initially plan to watch Pam & Tommy on Hulu. But since my surgery recovery has me watching way more Hulu than normal and I’ve already burned through so much of my favorite shows, I thought why not? I binged the first 5 episodes of Pam & Tommy a few days ago and let’s just say it had me feeling as my thumbnail suggests. Watch my review of Pam & Tommy on Hulu (at least for the first 5...

Mondo Fiction: Track By Track With Opensight’s Ivan Amaya

Notoriously known for spicing up their songs with cinematic flair, Opensight doesn’t waste a single second in filling the listener with suspense and excitement. The band invites you into a brand new world where spy themes, hard-boiled action and thriller sequences, enigmatic horror passages, and more are fueled by the power of metal. This unique way of, not just songwriting, but storytelling, is what makes their new album, Mondo Fiction, so captivating.  That fun, exhilarating thrill you get from a...

VV’s Winter Metal Playlist

Game of Thrones warned that Winter would be coming. But they forgot to mention it’s going to be a heavy one. Because when the weather’s cold, snow is falling, and the roads are bad, sometimes the best thing you can do is hunker down with your favorite music and wait for it to pass. That’s where my Winter Metal Playlist comes in. Metal music is notorious for being associated with all things hell and fire. But on the flip side...