Ugggh!! Heeeey!

VARIOUS – In Memory of Celtic Frost (1996)
As Ye shouldst know by now, tribute/covers albums are dicey propositions at best. You can count yer damn self lucky if there happens to be one or two heartfelt renderings of tuneage ya hold dear. Worst of all, there’s always at least some jackoff hipster band that decides [...]

Leady to Lock ‘n’ Loll?

LOUDNESS – Disillusion (1984)
So here’s the scene: it’s 1985 (???, the drugs are finally catching up with me), and three scraggly, denim-attired teenagers are off to see their then-heroes, Thee Crüe, rip into an hour or so of their dime store brand of costumed rebellion. They were completely ignorant of thee Nipponese opening act– an [...]

D,O… Fuckin’ A! (AKA Dearly Belated)

BLOODROCK – BLOODROCK 2 (1970)
MANILLA ROAD – The Courts of Chaos (1990)
Ok, this is thee Halloween post that never was. My modem decided to be a fickle little bitch on me last week, and although I thought about dumping this fucker outright, the concept was too damn sound to jettison… so here goes: Fort Worth, [...]

Throw Down the Sword

WISHBONE ASH – Argus (1972)
WARNING: Rant ahead! Something that bugs the fuck outta me about thee scores of “genre-hopping” bands of today is the lack of cohesiveness exhibited by ‘em. It’s like they build their ditties in little blocks, like, “here’s the folky part… next up… a few doom metal riffs, followed by a plunge [...]

Alcoholocaust!

BESTIAL WARLUST – Blood & Valour (1994)
GOAT SEMEN VS. ANAL VOMIT – Devotos del Diablo (2004)
Decided to lump all three of these purveyors of cataclysmic scuzz together– and for good reason: Although hailing from different metallic generations and locales, all of ‘em are sub-contractors in Thee House That Sarcófago Built. And they’re hardly the only [...]