In The Pit · 27/07/2025
The one where I chased James McBain through a field, got the photo, and smiled so hard it nearly broke my face. A gloriously unhinged travel diary from HOA 2025, featuring Hellripper, chaos, and the best kind of cringe.
Keepers · 03/02/2024
A one-man Scottish riff machine channels demons, bagpipes, and folklore into blackened speed metal glory. This one’s a keeper.
Roots & Riffs · 10/06/2022
Venom’s 1981 debut didn’t just make noise—it started a movement. From Satanic shock tactics to proto-thrash mayhem, Welcome to Hell kicked the gates open for extreme metal.
Genre Tourism · 01/05/2022
Early Blind Guardian—speed, screams, and Tolkien-fuelled chaos. Why Valhalla still lives rent-free in my brain (and my kitchen).