In a time where so many bands want to sound retro, no old school portrayal is more accurate than that of Pagan Altar. This may primarily be due to the band having gotten its start in the NWOBHM era and for drawing most of their material from songs written [...]
It would be easy to write Night Demon’s second full-length album off as a mere repeat of their 2015 debut, which was in itself a repeat of various old school metal tropes. The Los Angeles trio still uses the same Saxon meets W.A.S.P. formula on here as [...]
The early to mid-80s are seen as a simpler time for heavy metal, but it might be more appropriate to say that things were just more ambiguous back then. It was a time when extremities were developing beyond their infancy but descriptors like black and [...]
NWOBHM is an interesting subgenre - it stands for the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, best exemplified by now legendary acts such as Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Diamond Head. But, not unlike Swedish death metal, it’s developed into a [...]
Rebel Wizard’s Triumph of Gloom is one of those albums that on paper shouldn’t even come close to working, but, to misappropriate a sports cliché, music isn’t played on paper-that’s why you have to actually play the game. In this case, the game is [...]
