Album Reviews

Let’s flashback to June 30, 1995.  My best friend and I purchased our first concert tickets that we would go see by ourselves, without parental supervision.  I was 16 years old, and so excited and happy to be able to experience Monster Magnet with Corrosion of Conformity at the Vic Theatre in Chicago.  I had […]

Last night I was getting tattooed.  My artist and I usually take turns picking out albums to listen to while that sweet ink gets drilled into my skin.  Not long ago, we listened to Odraza’s Rzeczom, so Odraza’s Youtube channel was a regular to come up when I was in his studio.  This Wędrowcy~Tułacze~Zbiegi album […]

Holy Christ on cocaine (decipher the lyrics on track 1 to understand that reference), this album sure is a work of art.  So yeah, this album was released back in 2019, but Pagan Records recently did a limited edition red vinyl release of this bad boy.  I am a huge fan of Pagan Records’ catalog, […]

Oh wow, what a nice breezy walk through the woods this was.  By woods I mean a cyberpunk version of the ninth circle of hell, and by breezy I mean the atmosphere of fucking Jupiter.  What a delicious set of tracks from the mastermind behind Scientist, Eric Plonka.  This sludgy batch of blistering blast beats […]

Ahhhh, gotta love bootlegs hahah.  I recently picked up a bootleg of “12 Hits from Hell” on vinyl, and I have to admit that it sure sounds weird to hear The Misfits cleaned up and so polished.  These 12 tracks are really rad though, I love these versions.  It totally feeds my hunger to hear […]

Totally dig this album.  Is it Folk Metal?  Is it Black Metal?  Is it Black and Roll?  It is definitely all three of these, and I fucking love it, especially the folk aspects to it.  This was suggested to me on Bandcamp, it had a really cool looking vinyl/shirt/handcrafted wooden necklace bundle that enticed me.  […]

Man, this album is an absolute banger.  My buddy Zack back in the USA is obsessed with this band.  I mean, I have seen them live but I never dove deep into their discography.  Starting with “Sworn to the Dark”, I am not disappointed in the least.  More than half this album is completely balls-out […]

Heyyyyyy, who said that Facebook ads don’t work?  I was scrolling one day and saw this cool TRUP bundle package thingy (shirt/patch/pin) and thought the logo was pretty interesting.  I decided to do a little bandcamp recon, and the music was absolutely CRUSHING.  Raw, unadulterated ANGER.  Those vocals too, holy shit…  I totally make those […]

Here it is folks, Doc Metal’s first AOTM! (Album Of The Moment) I really wanted to do an album review of this as soon as it came out, but hey….  this website was not a thing yet. Holy.  FUCK. Jesus Christ on a stick, if you have not heard this album yet, GET ON IT.  […]

Varaha’s first EP is a fucking BANGER.  Wrote this when it was released back in 2016. Chicago has one of the best, yet overlooked metal music scene.  There are so many talented artists out there working their asses off to create their views of beauty, sorrow, angst, or whatever through music.  It is all within […]

You know, i dug this album back in 2017, but after seeing them live, the last show of their tour for this album, I lost ALL interest.  I am sure they were tired…  but they were just SO OFF.  Sure this is what I wrote back in 2017, but my current score is totally affected […]

Reviewing Without Waves’ Lunar album here from a couple years ago.  They thanked me in their liner notes!!!! Oh these crazy cats have finally released their album.  I have a little bit of history with Without Waves.  A couple years back, I was helping co-host the Rock in Chicago podcast, where we interviewed many of […]

Here is a review of Pale Horseman I did back in 2015! Plug. Have you ever daydreamed about walking through some cold, dark, musty catacombs in search for treasure?  If not, you either never watched any Indiana Jones movies as a kid, or you are a filthy liar, or maybe you just do not have […]

Reviewing Scientist’s 2nd album here, and I fucking love this thing.  2015 in the house! After a night of heavy drinking, Neurosis’ “Through Silver in Blood” went to the titty bar to see if he can get lucky.  He stumbles into the dark, nasty club and orders another drink… a whiskey sour on the rocks […]

A review I wrote from one of my favorite fucking bands, and one of my fucking favorite albums of all time.  Released in 2013. Every once in a great while, an album is released that just attaches itself to you and shatters you to your very core.  To me, Scientist’s self-titled release is one of […]

Here is a review I did of Immortal Bird back in 2013! Its been pretty cold here in Chicago with the whole polar vortex thing going on, and if you are like I am, the temperature and weather affects the patterns of what music I listen to.  What a joy it was to have Immortal […]

Here is a review I wrote back in 2013! I know all of you have experienced this in one way or another.  You are either at work, or doing something around the house/apartment/garage/trailer/cardboard box, and you’ve got music blaring in the background because silence utterly sucks.  You have your shit on random, or some sort […]

Here is an old review for Czar’s No One is Alone if No One is Alive I did back in 2013. Today I feel like making some chili.  METAL Chili.  Let’s see…. Ive got my base of Opeth;  Lets heat that up.  Ill cut up some Mastodon into chunks and throw that in… there we […]

Yeah this album still affects me the same way it did in 2014.  Here is a review I wrote for Rock in Chicago! Hey all you crazy cats out there!  Sorry it has taken so long for me to get this review out to you, but better late than never! I may be the resident […]

And here is an interview with Ensiferum, along with an album review of “Unsung Heroes” from 2012! Musicpix guru on all things rockin’ overseas, Doc Metal, checks in with his review of Ensiferum’s upcoming release Unsung Heroes.  Doc Metal also got the chance to give bassist Sami Hinkka a ring and chat it up about […]

Here is one of my first big interviews that I did, with J.D. Cronise from The Sword, back in 2012! You know, The Sword and I go way back.  I remember being a really big fan of the Guitar Hero franchise back in the day when I managed a video game store.  My store held […]

Wrote this bad boy back in 2017 for BloodRock Media.  Enjoy, FUCKING LOVE THIS ALBUM! Wow.  That is all I have to say about this album.  Just WOW.  I have been a fan of Elder since I heard their “Dead Roots Stirring” album, and have followed them closely over the years.  This band has evolved […]

Here is an old review of Body Count’s “Bloodlust” I did for BloodRock Media back in 2017. Oh Body Count, what an interesting history you have!  Back in the 90s you both interested metal fans and had half of the United States hate you with your first release with the infamous “Cop Killer”.  With all […]

Wrote this bad boy back in 2017…  I think it was posted on BloodRock Media’s site. Oh Mastodon we have gone through one hell of a wild ride together, haven’t we?  Mastodon is one of those bands that I am truly proud to have grown and evolved with.  From their punishing riffs on Remission to […]