ALBUM REVIEW: WASTED SPACE – NEVER ODD OR EVEN

These guys never cease to amaze with their constant, consistent blending of styles. The new EP, Never Odd or Even kicks off with a soothing instrumental showcasing some bright clean guitar, and melody on bass. From there, ambient clean vocals drop in to further enhance the ensuing melodies. The drums have a jazzy feel here, […]

ALBUM REVIEW: IAN MICHALSKI AKA TONY CLIFTON – SCREW YOU, KAUFMAN

I met Ian in the late ‘90s. We went to Cheektowaga Central High School together. At the time, he was already well immersed in aspirations of conquering the live theater circuit. He always had a knack for singing, so even though I was already gravitating toward metal, I needed Ian to be my lead vocalist. […]

ALBUM REVIEW: NIGHTRAGE – ABYSS RISING (DESPOTZ RECORDS)

Masters of the modern melodic death metal sound, NIGHTRAGE, succeed again with their latest album, Abyss Rising. The album instantly kicks into high gear with the blistering opening riff of the title track. From the very first note, it’s clear that NIGHTRAGE have finally found the lineup of musicians, and the camaraderie that founder Marios […]

ALBUM REVIEW: JUGGERNAUT – HOLLOW BLACK

Reviewer: Billie Page Buffalo’s own Juggernaut have just released their latest album, Hollow Black on Irish Voodoo Records. I think this album truly captures what this band is capable of. The first track, “Born Built Abused” is a perfect opener. It sets the tone of what you can expect through the rest of album. It […]

ALBUM REVIEW: VISION SERPENT – CALL OF THE VOID

Reviewer: Aurora Kuczek Band Name: Vision Serpent Album Title: Call of the Void https://www.facebook.com/VisionSerpentOfficial/ VISION SERPENT developed a diverse arrangement of musical presentation in their 2020 album entitled Call of the Void. The Hopewell, New York project can be characterized as typical old school death metal with an incorporation of modern metal patterns. They cite […]

SINGLE REVIEW: A FITTING REVENGE – THE OVERTHROW

The latest single from A Fitting Revenge’s forthcoming new album, Omnipresence, is called “The Overthrow” and it’s a perfect introduction to everything this band excels at for new listeners. At the same time, if you’ve been following AFR for years as we have, you won’t be disappointed by the band’s most recent offering – a […]

ALBUM REVIEW: DAMAGES – SIMULACRUM

Bands like At the Gates, In Flames, and Dark Tranquillity popularized melodic death metal in the Gothenburg (SWE) scene in the early-mid ’90s, and since pioneering the genre as we know it today via their renowned discographies, bands all over the globe have been reinventing this classic sound again and again. Those unfamiliar with melodic […]

2021 IN REVIEW WITH RICK HORTON (METALLIC ONSLAUGHT RADIO)

If you don’t know who this is, it is indeed quite possible that you have never been to a local metal show in Buffalo or Rochester, New York within the last ten or so years. If this is the case, kindly click through this blog, find a band you like, and report to their next […]

BILL TASH: ONE-MAN DEATH METAL MADNESS

If you’re at all familiar with Rochester, New York’s extreme metal scene, you probably know who Bill Tash is. Bill is something of a Renaissance man when it comes to metal music. He is an exceptional drummer, guitarist, and bassist. When posting his songs on YouTube, he almost always showcases playthrough videos of all instruments […]

ALBUM REVIEW: WITHOUT GRAVITY – NAVIGATE

This very eclectic piece came out on October 22, 2021. Fusing together metalcore, pop punk, and hip-hop, Without Gravity are a band that know no boundaries, yet seamlessly blend these styles together to the point where it’s hard to notice, and almost impossible to categorize the band. Intelligently enough on their part, however, combining styles […]