Posted by Chip McCabe on June 26, 2015
Genre bending should not be something that surprises any metal fan these days. It’s almost the norm, or at least something closely approximating some kind of weird game, in certain circles to see how many sub-genres of metal can be twisted and contorted into an easily digestible amalgamation. So when a band comes along and […]
Posted by Chip McCabe on February 6, 2015
Have you ever been a witness, live or televised, of a thundering herd of wildebeests, trampling earth underfoot as they run for their lives? Have you ever watched in awe or terror as one animal is tearing the throat out from another? Nature has given us the visuals that can be the stuff of nightmares, […]
Posted by Chip McCabe on November 22, 2013
Once upon a time metal was metal and the ever splintering genres we know today existed almost singularly under this banner. Sure the differences in certain bands, from Iron Maiden to Venom for example, were always palpable but fans and bands themselves were less concerned with what to call it than they were to simply […]
Posted by Chip McCabe on June 24, 2013
Before we even get too deep into this “TOAD” is not a band name used as an homage to wart-inducing reptiles (or the little one in a tweed coat and trousers who hangs out with a frog…depending on your childhood memories). No, TOAD is an acronym for Take Over And Destroy, which is exactly what […]
