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Revisiting INXS’ ‘X’ and Remembering Michael Hutchence

LEGENDARY!Music Reviews
This is a hard one for me. Twenty-eight years ago, the world lost one of its greatest frontmen — and one of my biggest...

Review: TREAT Play a Winning Hand with ‘The Wild Card’

EPIC!Music Reviews
TREAT’s The Endgame is one of my favorite records of the past five years. I fell in love with the band immediately, and it’s...

Review: SOULFLY’s ‘Chama’ Is Built for Chaos

SLAMMIN'!Music Reviews
This new SOULFLY album hits harder than an MLB slugger smacking home runs and sending balls into orbit — and really, are you surprised?...

BATTLE BEAST’s ‘Steelbound’ Is a Masterclass in Melodic Metal

TERRIFIC!Music Reviews
Okay, this one’s gonna be a very biased review — and I don’t care. I love BATTLE BEAST, and I have for over a...

R.I.P. Ace Frehley — The Spaceman Has Left the Stage

RIP!Music
Tonight, we all got hit with the heartbreaking news that the legendary guitarist Ace Frehley is gone. This one hurts, hard. Ace wasn’t just...

‘Para Bellum’ Proves TESTAMENT Still Rules the Battlefield

LEGENDARY!Music Reviews
LEEEET’S GOOOOOO!!!!! A new record from TESTAMENT just dropped, and it is nothing short of GLORIOUS. Now, first things first — apologies to the one...

ENRAGEMENT’s ‘Extinguish All Existence’ Will Have You Breaking All Your Toys (and Maybe Your Furniture)

FILTHY!Music Reviews
Brutal, chaotic, and unapologetically heavy — this Finnish death machine delivers a record that hits harder than a Vader chokehold. Mannnnnn, this new ENRAGEMENT album...

REVOCATION Raises Hell With ‘New Gods, New Masters’

PERFECTION!Music Reviews
Blistering, brutal, and utterly essential — the band proves they’ve still got it. Holee hell on rye bread — REVOCATION are back, and their new...

OVERT ENEMY Unleash a Texas-Sized ‘Insurrection’

TER-RIFF-IC!Music Reviews
With crushing riffs and pit-ready anthems, the Lone Star thrashers prove they’re ready to take no prisoners. I’ll admit it — I knew nothing about...

STRYPER’s ‘Against the Law’ at 35 Still Breaks All the Rules

STILL ROCKS!Music Reviews
A departure in look, a statement in sound — this classic continues to resonate. Last month, I was watching ESPN and scrolling through my phone....

AMORPHIS Scores Big with ‘Borderland’

FLAWLESS!Music Reviews
Finland’s finest unleash an album that’s equal parts beauty and brutality — and THE MAESTRO says it’s flawless. Man, oh man — this new AMORPHIS...

From Buffet to Blood: VITTRA Feast on ‘Intense Indifference’

METAL!Music Reviews
Hi there, may I take your order? You want something that’ll bloody your head up, down, and sideways? Stay put — I’ve got just...
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