Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor The formerly “Virally Affected” weekly roundup of bands is now the “Hearkened Heap.” I enjoy alliteration, get over it.…
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Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor We find ourselves in the San Francisco Bay Area this week; years…
Oldschool Sunday: GACK
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor The grunge and alternative rock scene establishing itself in the Pacific…
GEAR ASSEMBLY Series #9: GRAVEHUFFER’s Ritchie Randall
Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating effects on the music world. We had started a few things to highlight…
TRIVIUM ‘What The Dead Men Say’ Album Review & Stream
Article By: Kira Schlechter, Staff Writer ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor On ‘What The Dead Men Say,’ the ninth album by Orlando, Florida’s…
Oldschool Sunday: LETHAL PRESENCE
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor In the early to middle Nineteen-Eighties, Toronto, Ontario, Canada was not unlike…
WRAITH ‘Absolute Power’ Album Review & Stream
Article by: Brian Halsey, Staff Writer ‡ Edited by: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor Happy Shredvember! It’s leather jacket o’clock motherfucker! WRAITH is serving a potent…
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Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor We find today’s subjects in the city sometimes referred to as “The…
Retro Riffs: MEGADETH ‘The System Has Failed’ Album Review & Stream
Article By: Brett Schacht, Staff Writer ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor You have to be resilient to make it in metal music. Even if…
ASHBORN ‘Awakening’ Album Arrives As “Crushed Ant” Video Unveiled
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor From their headquarters in The Midlands region of the United Kingdom, comes…
PIST Detail November’s ‘Hailz’ Album; Official Video + Live Dates
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor United Kingdom’s riff driven and groove giving PIST announce their sophomore full-length…
SKINLAB Debut “Overcoming” Visualizer As ‘Venomous’ Album Arrives
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor This month makes three years since the September, 2016 announcement from Steev…
Oldschool Sunday: IMAGIKA – ‘Only Dark Hearts Survive’ Album Ends Decade Absence
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor The Bay Area of San Francisco, circa 1993, saw guitarist Steven Rice,…
DRY KILL LOGIC Share “Vices” – First New Single In 13 Years
Article By: Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Senior Writer/Journalist ‡ Edited By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Editor One of the better bands active during the hey-day of heavy Nu-Metal…