Episode 104 - Buried Treasure

The average music fan these days tends to enjoy a band while they are "in fashion" and on the charts. Unfortunately, that's a passing thing and what goes up, must come down. It seems that the instant that a band falls out of favor with the general ...

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Slash Kills Axl Dead - Album Review (2010 Solo Release)

Summary:  Highlights of the greatness of Slash's 2010 release and the lackluster followup Apocalyptic Love.  Written with a questionable sense of humor. 

I put Slash's most recent Slash album last week on my commute featuring Myles ...

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The Devil Made Me Do It

In my ongoing quest to discover great new hard rock and heavy metal music a regular practice of mine is trying new things.  Sometimes chosen by the cover art, the name of the band, the band members, the producer or any other variety of ...

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AC/DC GETS TOO TOO TOUCHY

A couple week's back the Decibel Geek Podcast was reliving the "BEST OF BONN SCOTT", lead singer of Aussie Rock Gods AC/DC, and the 'Original' BAD BOY!! During Bonn's short, but hit filled stint with the Aussie Lads, he recorded several songs that ...

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Heavy Metal Music

Attention all old school metal fans!  Last month Chris and Aaron devoted an episode to thrash metal posing the question who would be a part of the "Big 5" if there were such a thing.  This prompted me to re-visit some of my musical ...

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Kiss 2.0? - I AM A KISS FAN!

 

all photos by Wally Norton

I love being a KISS fan! That's really the point here, quite honestly there really isn't much use in reading any further. I love KISS, always have, always will. From the moment I walked into my cousin's room and ...

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From the Mouths of Madness Comes a Heavy Slab of Traditional Doom Metal With a Classic 70's Feel

Having never heard of the band Orchid before, I picked them to review on a whim. What made me pick them, was their name, Orchid. There has to some sort of Black Sabbath influence there, so how could I go wrong? I have to say I nailed it on that ...

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Bobaflex - Charlatan's Web - Album Review: Buy Immediately, if not Sooner

Summary: Bobaflex's new album Charlatan's Web is one the best hard rock releases of 2013.
Nine lean, muscular and melodic tracks clocking in at just over 30 minutes = or > than their last release Hell in my Heart. There's no "value-added" ...

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Now Hear This: Bullet Lavolta - Swandive

     Bullet Lavolta formed in 1987 in Boston and consisted of singer Yukkie Gipe, guitarists Clay Tarver and Corey Brennan, bassist Bill Whelan and drummer Chris Guttmacher. The band built a loyal following on the ...

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Start @ One - Dwarfs Frozen In Carbonite.

From north of the border they descended like another "hostile hoser" takeover. The Killer Dwarfs are back, out on the road delivering rock and roll madness like only the Killer Dwarfs can. For those that have bared witness to a KD show, I challenge ...

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Sacrifice & Sin-Eagles Over Toronto

The long wait was finally over and the day was upon me.  I've been looking forward to this event since June.  One of my top five all time favourite bands was coming to Toronto.  It is this band that I have to thank for re-awakening ...

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