Top 10 Metal Albums of 2011 (that I listened to…)

Machine Head is #1. See Revolver, we got it right- unlike you guys.

10. Animals as Leaders- Weightless- If Dave Davidson is the up and coming thrash metal god, Tosin Abasi is the virtuoso of the new school. On the group’s sophomore album, the intricate guitar work on “Odessa” and “Earth Departure” [...]

Interview w/ Alex Skolnick of Testament

Skolnick and Testament may miss Detroit on this tour, but hit Grand Rapids on Oct. 14th.

Back in 2008, after 8 dormant years for the band, the longtime Bay Area thrash metal band Testament came back with a very strong new album, “The Formation of Damnation”. In a long eight year [...]

Album Review- Anthrax “Worship Music”

"Worship Music": not groundbreaking, but defintely worth the listen.

Yeah, yeah- I’m sure you’ve heard my take on the state of the thrash metal titans Anthrax over the past several years at some point in another. I’m sure you heard my disdain of the over dumping new singer Dan Nelson, passing on [...]

Big Four Live For The First Time

In case you can't make it to Bulgaria, the Big Four Live is the next best thing.

You can’t get much more metal than the names Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax. Known as the “Big Four” of thrash metal in the 80s, the bands have moved in different directions of the years [...]