Month: June 2020

Earnest Hemingway, On Writing,is another of those little books I’ve been reading that is a collection of the writings of writers talking about writing. I like seeing what writers talk about when they discuss the craft. Hemingway was obviously one of the great writers in American history and I enjoyed reading the little excerpts in… Read more Earnest Hemingway ‘On Writing’

That album cover looks like it’s Deathklok’s guard’s house band. Dekapitator, We Will Destroy … You Will Obey!, is an over the top Heavy Metal album. The other album I have by them was also just crazy over the top Metal. It’s great fun, full of super fast thrash and shouted lyrics, with violent and… Read more Dekapitator – We Will Destroy … You Will Obey!

King Diamond, Them, is like a horror movie in music form. It feels like what you would expect from going into the old house. King Diamond’s epic voice takes us on a room by room journey through horror. Creatures and ghosts and monsters. It feels like a Tales From the Crypt story. So much fun.… Read more King Diamond – Them

Hellripper, Coagulating Darkness, is another kick ass fast paced Metal Album. This one has a fast thrash tempo, but with growled vocals that sound like Hell’s own band. This is the second album I’ve bought from them and I just realized I never posted about the other one! So apparently this is another of those… Read more Hellripper – Coagulating Darkness

Bonehunter, Children of the Atom, is some fast, hard and heavy slamming Metal music. Saw someone call it Crust Punk, which just sounds funky. It;s definitely fast Thrash Metal. Loud and aggressive. One of those groups that say more is more and deliver. There appears to be a bigger kind of story to the album,… Read more Bonehunter – Children of the Atom

Battle Beast, Bringer of Pain, has one hell of an intense cover and the music brings the metal. It’s not as hard as a lot of the other things I’ve been listening to lately, so it takes a bit getting used to. Most of the songs rock just fine. I’ve read a few complaints about… Read more Battle Beast – Bringer of Pain

Deceased, Luck of the Corpse, was originally released in 1991. Almost 30 years ago. And at the rate 2020 is going will be almost 30 years for another ten years or so. This is a great album. The other album I have Ghostly White is from 2018 and is also great. It’s a hard, thrashy… Read more Deceased – Luck of the Corpse

Mirror, Pyramid of Terror, is a hard band to pin down. I can’t quite figure out if they’re a new band that has a great NWOBHM sound or if they’re a new band made up of veterans of the 80s. Could go either way seems to me reading the bandcamp page. They’re out of Cypress,… Read more Mirror – Pyramid of Terror

Witch Cross, Axe to Grind, was released about a year after the re-release of their 1984 album in 2012, they released this all new album in 2013. So, I’m a little late in discovering them, but I really like the music. This one feels like they stepped back in the studio in 1985 and made… Read more Witch Cross – Axe to Grind

Blood Incantation, Starspawn, is the previous album from the one I listened to last month and it has the same kind of eerie, space death metal vibe going on. I really like the sound they’re making. The lyrics compliment the discordant guitar and fast riffs. Both albums had few, but long songs. I suppose a… Read more Blood Incantation – Starspawn