All posts by Dave Pirtle

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Hypnosia – Horror Infernal Review

To those who are familiar with Hypnosia, no introduction is needed. For those who aren’t, a brief one will have to do. Formed in Sweden in 1995 by some relative youngsters, they put out a

Tank – War Nation Review

“I guess you had to be there.” Coming up during the peak of the NWOBHM movement, Tank hit hard with their debut Filth Hounds of Hades but stagnated after that, disbanding in 1989 only to

Eternal Helcaraxe – Against All Odds Review

There’s nothing like mining the deepest parts of the “Lord of the Rings” universe to come up with a band name. You never know what one will come up with or even how apt the

Natron – Grindermeister Review

There’s one of those memes going around that relates to awkward situations.  It starts “That moment when . . . “ and is followed by something potentially embarrassing. After repeated listens, it somehow felt apropos

Prong – Carved Into Stone Review

Are my eyes deceiving me?  Is this really a new Prong album? Guess I kind of lost track of them as Tommy Victor continued his work alongside Al Jourgensen and Glenn Danzig. It probably didn’t

Running Wild – Shadowmaker Review

Running Wild (or more accurately, Captain Rock N’ Rolf Kasparek) announced that the band would be decommissioned in 2009, rechristening himself T.T. Poison for his new band Toxic Taste. Pirate lovers worldwide were pretty bummed.

Ministry – Relapse Review

It was a pretty shitty thing when Al Jourgensen announced that he would be disbanding Ministry, but they certainly went out swinging: 2007’s The Last Sucker perfectly capped off the band’s vitriolic trio of George

Zombie Inc. – A Dreadful Decease Review

I’m not into this whole zombie phenomenon. I’ve never participated in a zombie crawl, planned for the zombie apocalypse, or watched a single episode of “The Walking Dead.” So naturally I was skeptical when I