Article By: Brett Schacht, Staff Writer ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Any band that perseveres after that initial burst of inspiration and novelty…
Retro Riffs: THIN LIZZY ‘Black Rose: A Rock Legend’ Album Review & Stream
Article By: Brett Schacht, Staff Writer ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor A black rose is often used as a way to symbolize the…
Retro Riffs: IRON MAIDEN ‘Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son’ Album Review & Stream
Article By: Brett Schacht, Staff Writer ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor All musical forms go through periods of change and upheaval, and traditional…
Retro Riffs: PANTERA ‘Far Beyond Driven’ [25th Anniversary] Album Review & Stream
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Retro Riffs: MOTÖRHEAD ‘Overkill’ [40th Anniversary] Album Review & Stream
Article By: Brett Schacht, Staff Writer ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Lemmy Kilmister never had time for screwing around: be it social formalities,…
OVERKILL ‘The Wings Of War’ Album Review & Stream
Article By: Brett Schacht, Staff Writer ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor When you’ve been at it for as long as OVERKILL has, things…
Retro Riffs: VAN HALEN ‘II’ [40th Anniversary] Album Review & Stream
Article By: Brett Schacht, Staff Writer ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor What VAN HALEN achieved in the late ’70s is easy to underestimate…
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Article By: Brett Schacht, Staff Writer ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor After the runaway success of ‘Badmotorfinger‘ and its full-on realization of SOUNDGARDEN‘s…
Retro Riffs: KISS Debut [45th Anniversary] Album Review & Stream
Article By: Brett Schacht, Staff Writer ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Ever heard the saying “Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good”?…
PALE DIVINE S/T Album Review & Stream
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Retro Riffs: TESTAMENT ‘Low’ Album Review & Stream
Article By: Brett Schacht, Guest Contributor ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Despite being only a stone’s throw from the genre’s heyday, 1994 was…
Retro Riffs: ALICE COOPER ‘Welcome To My Nightmare’; Album Review & Stream
Article By: Brett Schacht, Guest Contributor ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Before the release of 1975’s ‘Welcome To My Nightmare‘, Alice Cooper‘s first…
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