TMO Albums Of The Month: July, 2016.

Kick off the second half of 2016 with seven of July’s best heavy releases; featuring Whipstriker, Wolverine, Zodiac, Caina,Witherscape, Inter Arma and Revocation.

The Curious Connection Between Pro Wrestling and Heavy Metal

PART 1: A Brief Introduction There’s something to be said about heavy metal and pro wrestling. The mere mention of professional wrestling makes some people scoff and turn away, but so does metal. There is indeed a nice market for each of these forms of entertainment, and even a few subcultures (or sub-genres, if you […]

A Chaotic Babel of Sound: A guide to H. P. Lovecraft in Metal Music

“Louder and louder, wilder and wilder, mounted the shrieking and whining of that desperate viol. The player was dripping with an uncanny perspiration and twisted like a monkey, always looking frantically at the curtained window. In his frenzied strains I could almost see shadowy satyrs and Bacchanals dancing and whirling insanely through seething abysses of […]

Jonathan’s Top 30 of 2015

My general perspective on metal has always been through the lens of good vs. evil, and I’ve tended to get a good mix of both sides into my metal diet, and 2015 certainly delivered a fair share of both. As with any list of greatest albums of any particular category, individual perspective makes for an […]