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Last Rites Co-Owner; Senior Editor; That was my skull!

Wobbly Metal Comics – Russell Himmel, Power Metal Fan

Wobbly Back Issues @WobblyMetal This Month’s Inspirational Playlist: 1. Hammerfall – Glory to the Brave 2. Primal Fear – Rulebreaker 3. Gamma Ray – Land of the Free 4. Lost Horizon – Awakening the World

Necrot – The Labyrinth Review

Punishing, savage, treacherous, merciless, bloodthirsty, bulldozing, butchering, buzz-sawing, spine-rupturing, bludgeoning, battering, primitive, old-school: All descriptors that threw all-too familiar punches toward the eyes, sternum and gut as I read the accompanying email for this promo.

Graves At Sea – The Curse That Is Review

Graves at Sea is the kind of band that’s tailor-made for heavy metal hype: The Curse That Is represents their first full-length after being together for fourteen years; what the band’s managed to produce –

Voivod – Post Society Review

My first full Voivod immersion occurred in 1988. At the time, a more undecayed version of me used to scrape up just enough money to be able to afford two cassettes at the local record

Pass The Carrots, Please – A Provocative Lugubrum Primer

One of the most considerable windfalls afforded by the second wave of black metal in the early 90s was the fact that it provided a harsh and crucial reconnection with metal’s Primordial Soup. That’s not

Ripper – Experiment Of Existence Review

The heyday of thrash existed during a time when metal bands still had an outside chance of making a meager living off their talents. This moderate level of success, or rather the possibility of that