Megadeth : Megadeth

Dave Mustaine had said earlier last year that the next Megadeth album would be the last. At 64-years old the speed metal icon has seen, drank, ingested and experienced more life than most do in their entire time on this rock. Between decades of addiction, battles with fellow metalheads(including fans), a revolving door of musicians […]

deafheaven’s “Black Brick”

So maybe as to kick the naysayers in the teeth, Deafheaven have dropped a meteoric slab of pure thrash/black metal called “Black Brick” onto an unsuspecting earth. This song is so full of vitriol and venom that you have to keep double checking that you are indeed listening to Deafheaven. It’s that heavy, and that […]

Hell Awaits…among other things

The scariest concert I ever went to(besides Petra at the Notre Dame ACC with my uncle’s youth group) was Slayer in 1991. They were only one quarter of that evening’s entertainment, but they made up for it with sheer velocity, anger, and a smidgen of evil. I was 17 years old and as part of […]

Antisocial…and loving it!

If you think about it State of Euphoria by Anthrax really didn’t have a chance. It’s the bland meat in-between the out of this world speed metal artisan bun known as Among The Living and Persistence Of Time. Among The Living is the premier thrash album from 1987. It was the proto-speed/thrash metal album, and one of […]