Greg Pratt
Reconsidering Wrathchild America
November 2, 2017 Greg Pratt
It’s time to reconsider Wrathchild America , a truly unique band who flirted with thrash, trad metal, and more.
Retrospective: Confessor’s “Condemned” still completely unique a quarter-century later
October 26, 2017 Greg Pratt
Confessor released Condemned 26 years ago and confounded us all at the time. Today, we recognize it’s an unquestionable doom-metal classic.
That Tour Was Awesome: Anathema/At the Gates/Cradle of Filth (1994)
October 19, 2017 Greg Pratt
In which we look back on when Anathema, At the Gates and Cradle of Filth toured Germany in 1994, with input from some of the guilty parties involved.
Primitive Origins: Black Death’s “Black Death”
October 12, 2017 Greg Pratt
Checking back in with Black Death and their 1984 album, a very early documentation of an African-American metal band.
Reconsidering Warrior Soul
October 5, 2017 Greg Pratt
Radical politics and radical music: it’s time to reconsider Warrior Soul , a band who are way better than anyone remembers them being.
Five Times Udo Ruled: The Best of the ex-Accept Vocalist
September 28, 2017 Greg Pratt
Udo Dirkschneider is the man. Here are five times he ruled the hardest.
Full album stream: Acephalix return after five years with “Decreation”
September 21, 2017 Greg Pratt
Check out Acephalix ‘s crushing new album, Decreation, right here.
New documentary explores rocky relationship between Christianity and heavy metal
September 14, 2017 Greg Pratt
Can Christianity and heavy metal really be compatible? The new movie Metal Missionaries aims to find out.
Primitive Origins: Aria’s “Megalomania”
September 7, 2017 Greg Pratt
For this round of Primitive Origins, we go back to Moscow in 1985 to revisit Aria ‘s “Megalomania” (or whatever it’s called).
Five Times Shorter Was Better
August 31, 2017 Greg Pratt
Quantity isn’t quality. Here are five examples of how extreme metal is at its most potent when it doesn’t waste time.
Leng Tch’e return with career-defining “Razorgrind”
August 24, 2017 Greg Pratt
Belgian grinders Leng Tch’e are about to drop Razorgind . Could it be their career-defining album?
Justify Your Shitty Taste: Voivod’s “Angel Rat”
August 17, 2017 Greg Pratt
We shrugged our shoulders at it in 1991, but it’s time to realize that Angel Rat totally rules.
That Tour Was Awesome: Pestilence/Autopsy/Bolt Thrower (1990)
August 10, 2017 Greg Pratt
Our latest That Tour Was Awesome looks back on when Pestilence , Autopsy , and Bolt Thrower terrorized Europe in 1990.
Full Album Stream: Pyrrhon’s ‘What Passes for Survival’
August 7, 2017 Greg Pratt
New York experimental death metallers Pyrrhon are dropping their new album on Friday; we’ve got the full stream for you today.
Hall of Fame Countdown: Anthrax’s Among the Living
August 3, 2017 Greg Pratt
Ranking the songs on Anthrax‘s classic, Decibel Hall of Fame-inducted, Among the Living, from worst to best.
Wilderness Dream follow up debut EP with second EP
July 20, 2017 Greg Pratt
California’s Wilderness Dream are about to drop their second EP, so we caught up with them to find out why they love EPs, where the hardcore went, and more.
Primitive Origins: Primevil’s Smokin’ Bats at Campton’s
July 13, 2017 Greg Pratt
Re-evaluating Primevil‘s 1974 proto-stoner album Smokin’ Bats at Campton’s.
Ex-Slaughter skinsman starts Slaughtering Slaughter
July 6, 2017 Greg Pratt
Slaughter’s Ron Sumners talks about why he formed Slaughtering Slaughter… and what exactly it is.
Justify Your Shitty Taste: Rush’s “Hold Your Fire”
June 29, 2017 Greg Pratt
In which we reconsider Rush’s 1987 soft-rock opus Hold Your Fire.
Exhumed’s Matt Harvey talks new trad metal project Pounder
June 22, 2017 Greg Pratt
We caught up with Pounder’s Matt Harvey to talk about how his new trad metal project is really more similar to his extreme metal bands than you might think.
Hall of Fame Countdown: Accept’s Restless and Wild
June 15, 2017 Greg Pratt
We revisited and ranked the songs on Accept’s classic, Hall of Fame-inducted, album Restless and Wild.
Primitive Origins: Leaf Hound’s Growers of Mushroom
June 8, 2017 Greg Pratt
Re-examining Leaf Hound’s 1971 proto-stoner album Growers of Mushroom.
Crowbar – “Odd Fellows Rest”
June 8, 2017 Greg Pratt
By 1998, New Orleans metal heavyweights Crowbar had already released four fantastic sludge albums. But when it came time to start writing their fifth, the band knew they were on to something different
Journalist Martin Popoff talks new Rush, Motörhead, thrash metal books
June 1, 2017 Greg Pratt
Journalist Martin Popoff just released a trio of new metal books, and we picked his brain about them.
VBERKVLT Instagram challenge wants metalheads to post their vinyl for prizes
June 1, 2017 Greg Pratt
VBERKVLT have a new Instagram contest happening that involves metal, vinyl, you, and prizes. We caught up with the man behind it all to find out the details.
Eyehategod’s Mike Williams on liver transplant, recovery, and addiction: “I will never regret anything”
May 26, 2017 Greg Pratt
The Eyehategod frontman opens up about post-liver-transplant life, getting sober, and more in this new interview.
Phobia talk reunited lineup and how politics influenced Lifeless God
May 25, 2017 Greg Pratt
California grind lifers Phobia are back with a new album, and we caught up with them to talk shop.
Album premiere: Norse’s “The Divine Light of a New Sun”
May 18, 2017 Greg Pratt
Australia’s Norse are dropping their next batch of mind-bending black metal songs next week; we’re giving you an exclusive stream of the whole album today.
Primitive Origins: Socrates Drank the Conium – ‘Socrates Drank the Conium’
May 11, 2017 Greg Pratt
In which we go back and examine Greece proto-metal band Socrates Drank the Conium’s self-titled debut from 1972.