Monster Magnet – Mindfucker – Review
Monster Magnet Mindfucker (Napalm Records) By Mike Delano The now-ubiquitous Marvel movies have been getting increasingly spaced-out and cosmic as time goes on, moving from the (relatively) grounded tales of Iron Man and Captain America to the gloriously bonkers...
Shitty Life – Limits to Growth – Review
Shitty Life Limits to Growth (11 PM Records) by Scott Deckman Shitty Life’s new EP, Limits to Growth, is just over 10 minutes long, but that’s all they need. A lethal slice of old school hardcore/emo (think Minor Threat, the Exploder, Maximillian Colby), these...
Pain – Coming Home – Review
Pain Coming Home (Nuclear Blast) By Mike Delano Hypocrisy’s Peter Tägtgren has proven to be quite the mad hatter when it comes to his side project Pain. Combining everything from industrial to country to metal to classic rock, Tägtgren is just endearingly weird...
Seattle Noise Vol. 1 – Review
Seattle Noise Vol. 1 (AVR Music/Good to Die Records) By Mike Delano Considering how crazy good Seattle’s NFL team is, I was hoping this compilation would be a real shit show in order to restore some cosmic balance to the world. No such luck. The Good to Die...
Lambgoat – Review
Lambgoat.com By Mike Delano At a time when most websites should come equipped with a preemptive epilepsy warning because of their home pages’ eyeball-tearing information overload, Lambgoat.com stands out with its refreshing, no-nonsense look. Clean lines, plenty...
Soilwork – Live In The Heart of Helsinki – Review
Soilwork Live In The Heart of Helsinki (Nuclear Blast) By Mike Delano This first-ever live DVD/Blu-Ray from Soilwork, arriving right around the two-year anniversary of the band’s excellent 2013 double album The Living Infinite, is a straightforward but effective...
Capcom- 30th Anniversary Character Encyclopedia – Review
Capcom 30th Anniversary Character Encyclopedia by Casey Loe (BradyGames) By Mike Delano The video game world has no shortage of iconic characters: Mario, Link, Lara Croft, Kratos, Master Chief, Solid Snake, Ryu Hayabusa. But rarely do many of those familiar faces...
Culture Shock: Pig Farts – Column
Culture Shock: Pig Farts Photos and captions by Chad Van Wagner, our man in Japan Two years and counting, and I’m still in the middle of what appears to be absurdity. Emphasis on “appears.” It’s easy to slip into arrogant mockery when...
Athlete – Beyond the Neighbourhood – Interview
Athlete Beyond the Neighbourhood (Astralwerks) An interview with keyboardist Tim Wanstall By Tim Den Britpop favorites Athlete‘s sophomore full-length, Tourist, was one of those unexpected albums that completely knocked me on my ass. I hadn’t heard of the...
Marvel Heroes Comic Book Creator – Review
Marvel Heroes Comic Book Creator (Planetwide Games for PC) By Mike Delano If you’ve ever wondered why Marvel never created a comic book wherein a meteor shot forth from Elektra’s crotch, now is the time to rectify that inequity. Marvel Heroes Comic Book...