Category: Music Reviews

Alice Cooper: Raise Your Fist and Yell (1987) Music Review – By Baron Craze

Alice Cooper didn’t delay after his sober comeback from Constrictor, and his single “He’s Back (The Man Behind The Mask),” which was featured in Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives [1986], that he released Raise Your Fist and Hell on September 28, 1987 with sadly some of the worst artwork  from a major label,…


Sacrilegious Rite: Summoned From Beyond (2017) Music Review – By Baron Craze

I have listened to a lot of Death and Black metal over the years, I came up in thrash metal dabbling with pure metal and multiple subgenres, but something drove or attracted me to the more extreme metal hence stumbling upon this band was just another adventure to be taken. Hailing from Germany, and members…


The Other: Haunted (2020) Music Review – By Baron Craze

There’s an endless amount of subgenres in music, and bands switch between them often, however those that focus primarily in the realm of horror know about horror-punk its often surrounded by Psychobilly and Horror-Metal, the punk aspect is still quite appealing just one listen to The Return of the Living Dead Soundtrack [1985] and they…


Kissin’ Dynamite: Not the End of the Road (2022) Music Review – By Vincent Mento

I never took too hard to the metal-head scene, that’s definitely Baron, but my style hatched from the late 60s through the early 80s, however nestled in all those bar bands, and hard rock sleazy days, carefree fun, stop worrying about crap and hypersensitive emotions just drink and laugh. Nonetheless, I always work to discover…


The Devil and The Universe “Haunted Summer” (2014) Music Review – By Baron Craze

I’m always getting suggestions of what to review from friends online, and yes sometimes it’s quite an interesting list of items, among was this intriguing album, which at first had doing some research on the band which I am playing now playing often. Ashley Dayour and David Pfister are the founding members of the band The Devil…


Kvity Znedolenykh Berehiv: Za Nebokray Mriy (2014) [Ukraine] Music Review – By Baron Craze

Za Nebokray Mriy Hail From: Ukraine Genre: Doom Metal Biography: Dmytro Pryymak, serves as the only member of the band, performing all instruments, of a doom metal album with layered atmospheric. Additional Information: The band name roughly translated as The Flowers of Crestfallen Shores and this album recorded at Blacklight Studio, it is a 2-track…


Deep Purple: Machine Head (1972) 50th Anniversary Review – By Vincent Mento

There’re so many great bands celebrating lots of good and cool albums this year, with each passing one of them brings back the glory days of youth and wonderfully fun memories, the music for me keeps it fresh without me feeling too old. WOW that’s deep. This is probably my favorite Deep Purple album that…


Tragedy: Disco Balls to the Wall (2021) Music Review – By Vincent Mento

Discovering new bands and music is a treacherous path, but thanks to the Bandcamp and Spotify sites there’s less risk one must open themselves to what new discoveries possibly exist. I recall when Baron told me to listen Psychostick it’s considered comedic-metal music, and was huh, but it’s so fun and entertaining, proving music doesn’t…


Mötley Crüe: Too Fast For Love (1981) Music Review – By Vincent Mento

I gotta say most readers clearly by now know the differences between Baron’s musical interests and mine, and some of our similarities, while I know he’s heard this album, and likely owns a copy of it, it was one of a few that gave me insight to the heavy metal genre some of the bands…


Dark Funeral: The Secrets of the Black Arts (1996) – By Baron Craze

This true classic black metal, and not intended for those new to the extreme genre, and while it was reissued in 2013 as a 2-disc CD, this review is purely about the original release from 1996 and was likely considered one of the best albums of the blackest intensities from Sweden. Although some criticize the…