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King 810’s ‘Midwest Monsters’ [Merch and EP Review]

There are not many bands that have truly mastered the art of being able to suck you out of whatever world you’re in and put you in their’s. This experience is something that King 810 fans, however, have grown accustomed to with the band’s music. From their very first EP, ‘Midwest Monsters’, King 810 has drawn in fans with their no holds barred brutality, which is unmatched in the world of heavy metal. King 810 recently released an 8 year...

‘Slow Decay’ & The Acacia Strain Merch Bundles: A Metal Necessity

Alice In Chains will always be my favorite band and it’s going to be quite impossible for anyone else to really come close to them. At least that’s what I thought. But when The Acacia Strain merch and album dropped for ‘Slow Decay’, I officially declared it a tie. Prior to announcing a new album, The Acacia Strain dropped 5 EPs separately with 2 songs on each of them. The title for each EP was just one letter, eventually spelling...

Not Listening to Pat Reilly? You’re Missing Out

It’s not very often that we are graced with a solo record where the guitar is the primary focus. For some, it could be challenging to hook new fans without radio ready, catchy choruses on every song. Pat Reilly, however, doesn’t have that problem. Who Is Pat Reilly? Originally from Queens, New York, Pat Reilly is influenced by guitarists like Mary Friedman (ex Megadeth), Dimebag Darrell (Pantera), and David Gilmour (Pink Floyd). He has toured throughout the US, Canada, and...

Pantera’s ‘Cowboys From Hell’ [Review]

Celebrating 30 years of ‘Cowboys From Hell’ It’s hard to believe that Pantera’s ‘Cowboys From Hell” turns 30 years old today. Not only is Pantera one of my favorite bands, but this record is also one of my favorite metal albums. While the band had started out almost a decade prior to it’s release, ‘Cowboys from Hell’ is where Pantera transitioned into their classic heavy sound that we all know and love. Tracklist for ‘Cowboys from Hell’ “Cowboys from Hell”...

New Album Alert: The Way It Ends – Currents

Connecticut based Currents just recently released their second album ‘The Way It Ends’ which follows their 2018 EP ‘I Let The Devil In’. They had actually released part of the album as an EP a few weeks ago and I had been jamming to that while anxiously awaiting for the rest of the tracks to drop. This album is something that is much needed and really hit me in the chest on a personal level. While the metalcore genre continues...

Mandatory Quarantine Listening: “Macro” by Jinjer

In order to keep my sanity during these crazy times we are living through, I’ve been making it a point to listen to different albums in their entirety. Some are those that I still can’t get enough of, even after listening to it 6.8 billion times, and others are new albums from artists that I am just discovering. All of them having something very simple in common: if you haven’t listened to these albums, you need to do so RIGHT...