Nicholas Franco

After more than thirty years spitting vitriol at the system; denigrating religion, harmful politics as well as society’s missteps as a whole, the punk rock institution known as Bad Religion has released a Christmas album. The first question one may be tempted to ask is ... Read More

Black metal was never supposed to be about following rules. A fist in the face of all trends, it forged its bloody path in both commercial isolation and enforced misanthropy. It did this so well that its own style inevitably developed around it, resulting in ... Read More

They’ve influenced everybody from Napalm Death to Metallica, and Nine Inch Nails to the Foo Fighters. They’ve been called synth-pop, danceable doom, quasi-metal, and alternative rock. Killing Joke formed in the late ‘70’s in Notting Hill, London, England at the behest of founding members Jeremy ... Read More

In Solitude formed back in 2002 in Uppsala, Sweden. After releasing some demos and a solid debut effort, the band exploded into stardom with 2011’s The World, The Flesh, The Devil. After some unforgettable tours and a huge media push, there aren’t many metal fans ... Read More

There are death metal bands and then there are bands like Holland’s Pestilence. Emerging in the eighties as the genre was just taking flight, they first gained worldwide recognition with 1989’s Consuming Impulse. As the last decade of the millennium commenced, they saw their vocalist ... Read More

There are few musical genres more argued over than black metal. You have the purists who demand a strict adherence to Satanism, you have the new generation of hipsters with their mind-bending take on things, as well as the Norse hordes still churning out the ... Read More