Category: Features
Weird Sunday – Strolling Through Lyrical Themes. Wait, That’s What They’re Borking?
Originally written by Ian Chainey Doug Moore – deep breath: current editor at Invisible Oranges, frontman for Pyrrhon, former Last Rites writer, and, most importantly, awesome human forever – knows Encyclopedia Metallum. Sure, we all …
Hail To The King – An Interview With King Diamond
You ever get asked that stupid question, “If you could have dinner with five people, living or dead, who would they be?” I’ve never been able to give a definitive answer on it, because I’ve …
5Q5A – Ringworm
Cleveland’s Ringworm is the rare hardcore institution getting better by the day. Not that their ’91 demo or ’93’s The Promise aren’t enduring classics. Not that their embryonic stage isn’t important. Their pre-split early stretch …
A Tale Of Two Cynics – From Focus To Kindly Bent
Originally written by Dean Brown. To have a classic album nestled away in your discography can be both a blessing and a curse: fans may worship you for it but it will be the measuring …
5Q5A – Kult Of The Wizard
originally written by Erik Highter We live in an age where everything is at our fingertips, where every metal band that ever talked about cutting a demo has an entry in the Encyclopedia Metallum. But …
80s Essentials – Volume Three
Welcome to the third installment of The 100 Most Essential Albums of the 80s. If you need to catch up, you can do so here. As was hinted, this week’s crop of essentials is a …
Weird Sunday – Doppelbangers: Unwittingly Recycled Band Names
Originally written by Ian Chainey In metal, we deal with the crap name better than most style fanatics. We can’t help it, we’ve been swimming around a smelly sea of awful monikers for decades. …
Sledgehammer Rock – An Interview With Raven
2014 marks Raven‘s fortieth anniversary. In that time, they’ve released a dozen studio albums, from 1980’s Rock Until You Drop to 2009’s comeback effort, Walk Through Fire. Their hyperactive brand of riff-heavy NWOBHM (self-described as …