Cosmic Hearse

Another bizarre and beautifully fucked up recording from the mysterious West Virginia Black Metal cult, Ahulabrum. The Transitivity of Stra...

Baba Yaga were an all-female crusty doom band from Seattle in the late '90s. They eventually evolved into the band Grey . As far as I kn...

The Nip Drivers was the brainchild of Mike Webber, a man too bizarre and beautiful to live for too long. Those of you who know this band lov...

Here's some self-proclaimed "True Black Metal Art" from two relatively unknown Ukrainian bands, Moloch and Dictator. This tape...

Maybe you avoided Fates Warning like an piñata full of dirty hypodermics because the word "progressive" was always pinned to it. P...

This is the LA-based SST Records Overkill. The good Overkill, not the third-rate thrash band from New York. Released in 1985, Triumph of the...

This battle for Korean Black Metal supremacy has Barbarous going head-to-head and toe-to-toe against Zerzyan Loathe. Both bands are extremel...

Another endearing "Zamrock" treasure for you, dear readers. Did you go all crazy for Chrissy Zebby Tembo , The Witch and Amanaz ...

Almost everyone has a particular band from their hometown that they loved and wanted to do real well and take over the world. Because you be...

Here's Confuse's Contempt For The Authority, And Take Off The Lie + 3 Tracks CD I recently acquired. It contains the Contempt For T...

Draugar is a bizarre one-man Black Metal band from San Francisco. From Which Hatred Grows was Draugar's first full length release. A bit...

Thanks to Ossi for finding this gem that has been on my wish list for some time now. Don't know shit about this band except that they ap...

Here's a rare and odd bit of American-made prog-metal that might have slipped under your radar, Angel of Mercy's 1987 album Avatar ....

Tesco Vee's Dutch Hercules , The Meatmen frontman's one-off solo album showcasing  his immense talent for vernacular and ten-fold ha...

There is something about Greek Black Metal that is primitive yet classy. Varathron are perhaps the oldest and best known Greek Black Metal b...

Far Out were an obscure Japanese prog/psych band that contained members of the better known Far East Family Band. Like many of these overloo...

Stranger was a young and hungry Bavarian Heavy Metal act. They were sort of like a low rent Helloween. Their debut album, The Bell , was re...

This record, to me and many folks around my age, was a crash course in punk. Through the Let Them Eat Jellybean s compilation my impressiona...

Here we have two obscure Norwegian Black Metal bands battling for the title. This is definitely a close match with both Grenjar and Vantro b...

Profondo Rosso was Argento's return to the giallo after a brief hiatus from the genre. Many believe it is his best film. It also marks ...