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CONCERT REVIEW: Judas Priest – Alice Cooper – Corrosion of Conformity Live At The Toyota Amphitheatre

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Wheatland, California’s Toyota Amphitheatre is my new favorite outdoor venue. Although this was supposed to be the final bombastic concert of the season, the three-headed beast featuring special guests Corrosion of Conformity (COC), and Co-Headliners Alice Cooper and Judas Priest didn’t deter them from bashing the stage! No doubt, desert rock and classic metal would blend in glorious fashion, I could not wait to capture the evening. The crowd featured mostly classic metal heads, but there were some solid younglings that feasted on what the marquee had on the menu!

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ALBUM REVIEW: Electric Wizard – Black Magic Rituals and Perversions, Vol. 1

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In 2024, Electric Wizard returns with their first album in seven years, Black Magic Rituals and Perversions, Vol. 1 (Spinefarm Records), a live album. Returning with a live album is one thing but this isn’t your ordinary live album. Usually, when one thinks of live albums, you may think of hearing bombastic stage sounds and roaring crowds, but Electric Wizard chose to record to an audience of each other and to the fans with the idea that people would get to hear what a band, trapped in isolation with the thought of possibly never playing again. The result of this album is a crushing presentation of songs that are even more raw, angry, and fist-clenching than before.  Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Thou – Umbilical

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As the summer in the Northern Hemisphere approaches, I always find a nice doom or sludge album really sets the mood for a day of yard work, or just sitting on the deck with a cold beer. The new album from Thou, Umbilical (Sacred Bones Records), may not fit that exact moment, but it certainly would fit in for after the sun sets and the flames rise in the firepits and the tips of our joints. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Dopethrone – Broke Sabbath

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It is well-known to not judge a book by its cover. 

However, Canadian sludge titans, Dopethrone, dropped one of the coolest album titles yet, Broke Sabbath (Totem Cat Records). Super descriptive for anyone who has not given these Stoner, Doom-infused sludge gents a shot yet. Seven tracks spanning just shy of forty minutes is the perfect length to see what the group is all about as they drag you through the muddy waters out to a clearing to end you.Continue reading →


NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: New Rock and Metal Releases 2-9-24

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What new Rock and Metal releases are you looking forward to this week?
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ALBUM REVIEW: Witchthroat Serpent – Trove Of Oddities At The Devil’s Driveway

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Trove Of Oddities At The Devil’s Driveway (Heavy Psych Sounds) is the fourth full-length release from France’s Witchthroat Serpent. Recorded in single live takes to analog tape at Brittany’s Kerwax Studio, the record is described as being “slower…darker and more evil” that its predecessors, and “an invocation to Satan”.

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