Heavy Metal
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Album of the Week 01-2017: Stygma IV – The Human Twilight Zone
Sometimes bands are so short of the attention they deserve, that they even surprise me pleasantly…
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Best of 2016: The Albums
No album of the week this week, because new year’s day is coincidentally on a Sunday.…
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Album of the Week 51-2016: Mary’s Blood – Fate
There has been a veritable cornucopia of female heavy and power metal bands from Japan these…
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Album of the Week 49-2016: Iommi – Fused
Combine the talents of heavy metal’s original riff master and the most soulful singer Deep Purple…
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Album of the Week 48-2016: Metalium – As One
On the surface, Metalium is another typical German power metal band. They have the rolling double…
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Interview: The second life of Yoshiki and X Japan
All pictures courtesy of Drafthouse Films. Since their breakthrough in the mid-eighties, X Japan became one…
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Album of the Week 46-2016: X – Vanishing Vision
For a band that would be all over the place stylistically, X Japan – still just…
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Album of the Week 45-2016: Gargoyle – Furebumi
If you think Japanese music is weird, this album – or this band, for that matter…
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Album of the Week 42-2016: Loudness – Loudness
After Loudness’ failed attempt at broadening their western appeal by recording two albums with American singer…
