Death Angel stands as one of the most underrated acts from the second tier of the 1980s San Francisco Bay-area thrash movement. You May Also Like: Punky Meadows – Fallen Angel (2016) Archon Angel – ‘Fallen’ (2020) Dialectical Imagination – The Angel and the Brute Sing Songs of Wrath (2017)

On its fourth studio album, Powder Mill delivers a rough-around-the-edges, nasty, gnarly blend of Southern rock and country that will certainly remind fans of fellow Ozark rockers Black Oak Arkansas. You May Also Like: Hank Williams Jr. – It’s About Time (2016) Sam Trapchak – Land Grab (2015)

I spent a lot of quality time with Bloodgood in the late 1980s. It was around the time that Stryper rose to fame and Christian metal exploded as a subgenre on labels like Frontline Records. You May Also Like: Sweet and Lynch – Only to Rise (2015) Flotsam and Jetsam,Read More

Since the death of vocalist Ray Gillen and the end of Badlands, we haven’t heard much from Jake E. Lee. You May Also Like: Jake Hertzog – Well Lit Shadow (2016)

Ugly Kid Joe very likely doomed their career with the way they came on to the scene. First there was the name, a jab at second- or third-tier hair metal act Pretty Boy Floyd. You May Also Like: Flotsam and Jetsam, “Iron Maiden” from Flotsam and Jetsam (2016): One TrackRead More

I’ll make a confession at the top of this review that will invalidate my opinion in the eyes of many Nightwish fans, but I didn’t really like the band with Tarja Turunen. You May Also Like: Aerosmith – ‘1971: The Road Starts Hear’ (2022) Gloryhammer, “Fly Away” (2022): One TrackRead More

I’m not sure that this shouldn’t be a WTF Wednesday entry instead of a One Track Mind, but Alestorm has a long and sordid history of strange cover songs. You May Also Like: Alestorm – ‘No Grave But the Sea’ (2017)

I was a big fan of Soil’s breakthrough 2001 album Scars, with its infectious hit “Halo.” As much as I liked that record, though, the band seemed to fade quickly for me. You May Also Like: Walter Trout – Battle Scars (2015) The Outryders, “Over the Scars / Look atRead More

Early word was that A Fiendish Threat would be a new album of Hank Williams III’s “hellbilly” material, the mix of hard rock, punk and country that I don’t think he does nearly enough of. You May Also Like: How Jon Anderson Faced Down Threat of Gunfire at a YesRead More

When Hank Williams III finally got out from under his contract with Curb Records in 2011, most fans were expecting another album along the order of his landmark Straight to Hell record. You May Also Like: Hank Williams Jr. – It’s About Time (2016) Geyster – Knight Games, Vols. I-IIIRead More