Tag: Cruz Del Sur

Mega Colossus – Watch Out! Review

Some thoughts that crossed my mind as I listened to Watch Out!, the latest from Raleigh N.C.’s Mega Colossus.  I can’t wait until it’s warm enough to run through the sprinkler and play “Minja Turtles”

Diamonds & Rust: 20 Years Of Pharaoh’s The Longest Night

[Album artwork by Jean-Pascal Fournier] In order to fully appreciate the impact of a record like The Longest Night, we really need to hop into our handy Bill & Ted’s phone booth and dip back

Æternia – Into The Golden Halls Review

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person within spitting distance of heavy metal on the internet in possession of some dumbass opinion about power metal must be in want of having their dumbass

Fer De Lance – Fires On The Mountainside Review

The Second City: home to the sad, sad American football franchise, the Chicago Bears.  The funny thing about Bears fans is that they’re always living in 1985–the year and season coinciding with their legendary defense

The Lord Weird Slough Feg – Traveller Supplement 1: The Ephemeral Glades Review

It takes a certain combination of talent, timing, the stars aligning, and luck to pull off what The Lord Weird Slough Feg is currently trying to pull off: delivering a sequel to a beloved classic.

Tower – Let There Be Dark Review

[Cover artwork by Jared Fleming] “One of the great things about New York is that if you ever need dead baby eels, you can get them here. Also, there is opera.” – Dave Barry Full

Grendel’s Sÿster – Katabasis Into The Abaton Review

Would we even have heavy metal today if it weren’t for folk music? Let’s just go with a hearty “NO, BY HELL, WE WOULD NOT,” considering that our genre’s golden architect—Black Sabbath—was certainly influenced by

Gatekeeper – From Western Shores Review

[Artwork by the incomparable Duncan Storr] There is a forever discussion that goes on behind closed doors within the Last Rites Crew Discord concerning the Star Trek universe and whether or not the latest iterations