Top 5 Records of 2015 That Tied for #41

December 8, 2015

Among 2015’s other contenders, five curried nearly enough votes to make it onto our list… but only nearly.  Does that mean we shouldn’t spill some love-ink for them?  Hell no!  Here’s the five records that tied for #41 on our Top 40 Albums of 2015.

Shining

December 7, 2015

International Blackjazz Society
Blackjazz hands!
dB Rating: 8/10

Top 5 Metal Covers (By Metal Bands)

December 7, 2015

Chris Dick’s five essential metal-on-metal covers, by At the Gates, Slayer, Sepultura, and more.

Like Tears in the Reign: Replicant Do DM Right on “Shroud”

December 4, 2015

The only desires worth having are the worthless variety.

STREAMING: Vorkreist “Losing Sanity Key”

December 4, 2015

“This direction is Lower. It requires madness, by losing sanity key.”

Read Sacrifice’s “Forward to Termination” HOF If You Want to Live

December 3, 2015

Don’t sleep on these Canadian HOFers, who have already gotten much-deserved Flexi Series love!

Finland’s Re-Armed Look Back on its Recent Tour of China

December 3, 2015

Metal has a vast expanse of space that it calls its popularity continuum, and I, admittedly, have no idea where Finland’s Re-Armed would be located along this stretch of real estate. However, the band  recently returned from a three-week tour of China. We quiz vocalist Jouni Matilainen and bassist Juhana ‘Bobo’ Heinonen about their latest adventure.