Mark’s Review:
 
When I first watched the preview for Alive, I felt like it would definitely be a game-changer.  Disconnected and sporadic, it showed a strobe-lit and slow-motion shot of Tomas Haake drumming and Jens Kidman headbanging as their music rolled on underneath.  The clip really displayed the potential of how an expertly crafted and fresh [...]

Editor’s note: If there’s one thing that everyone in this world can get behind besides awesome music, it’s free shit. On rare occasions, artists like Cloudkicker (aka: Ben Sharp) can offer up both. While most musicians are knocking down doors for their next endorsement deal, Cloudkicker have been quietly contributing to the metal [...]

As we get ready to say “fuck off” to 2009, I figured I’d take a moment to gloss over what surely will go down in the books as an illustrious year for metal.
 
Despite mainstream television distancing themselves ever further from what’s cool, and a handful of other disappointing “metal” ventures, 2009 surely showed us a [...]