Music with guitars that have some bite.
There are a lot of things black metal bands love: monochromatic color schemes, renaissance fair cosplay, problematic immigration views…and an almost fanatical devotion to J. R. R. Tolkien. However, one thing all black metal …
The genre of Heavy Metal is absolutely no stranger to homoerotic album covers. For every album cover featuring an un-erotically posed dragon or wizard, there are at least TWO covers featuring oiled-up, ridiculously over-muscled …
Looking over the past few years of these "best of" posts, I've noticed that after my top 5, I usually end up with more and more reservations about the albums I call the "best" of …
Want to have your pressing questions answered by Isley Unruh himself? Send all queries HERE, and I will get to them as soon as I can on a future Mailbag Monday! This month on Mailbag Monday, we …
While cleaning up my computer desktop recently (ok, fine, I was just doing my usual: drag and dropping everything into an "other" folder) I came across a few random metal memes that I made for …
Black metal is a grim, hateful genre of music where misanthropy is celebrated above all else. In that spirit, today's post will examine those rarefied black metal bands who have committed to perpetrating that grimmest …
After a carefully (and repeatedly) xeroxed black and white photo of yourself wearing a robe in the snow, a proper logo is one of the most important elements in any black metal band's packaging. The …
Because today marks the 10-year anniversary for one of my silliest blog posts, I thought I would revisit the idea, only THIS time, I'd fully commit. I am speaking of my infamous (for certain definitions …
2018 is winding down, but I'm just now getting around to posting my best metal of 2017 list. A combination of procrastination, a serious consideration of just shutting down the feature all together (due to …
Manilla Road is the single most epic band in all of heavy metal-a quality that earned them an automatic back-patch honor (the greatest of all metal honors) on my classic metal patch vest. Now, I …