Solitary Sabred – Temple of the Serpent (Vinyl Store)
Cyprus is a well-established island nation that along with Greece have been epic metal havens for decades. The generational appeal of history, fantasy, and mythology runs deep in the hearts of the people –...
Convocation – No Dawn for the Caliginous Night (Everlasting Spew Records)
Doom metal is unequivocally linked with a bevy of feelings. When done right, it’s downtrodden, weighty, emotive, even cathartic. These characteristics draw my brain towards this style, and we assume those of a similar...
Katarina McGinn Best-of 2023
Despite some small personal health setbacks at a few points, 2023 felt like the year of ‘getting back to normalcy,’ for me at least. Getting back into the double-digits for live shows over the...
Warcrab – The Howling Silence (Transcending Obscurity)
The mighty crab - a crustacean hailed for a tough exterior, and delicious meaty bits. I’ve spent a lot of time in Maryland, so excuse my references to picking crabs and the cultural significance...
Bloody Cumshot – Deflorantism (Self-Released)
One of those bands that if you take everything at the face value, you'll potentially end up skipping over it. Exhibit A - the band name. Seems to fit with something that would exemplify...
Nighthawk – Structures On the Moon (Sliptrick Records)
The power trio format has massive appeal when playing in the stoner, psychedelic style – especially in the realms of hard rock and heavy metal. That’s the platform US artists Nighthawk build from on...
David E. Gehlke Best-of 2023
The intrepid Matt Coe recently shared the factoid that this site has eclipsed 18,000 posts. Dead Rhetoric was launched ten years ago with Mr. Coe under the premise of delivering a healthy dose of...
Cattle Decapitation / Immolation / Sanguisugabogg / Castrator – November 21, 2023 – The Orpheum, Tampa, FL
Photos by: Brittany Barkasi
It’s been quite a year in many ways in the world of music. There have been more tours this year than we could have predicted, and many of them being ones...
Sorcerer – Reign of the Reaper (Metal Blade)
Rare is the day that a band can release four consecutive albums in the metal realm that satisfy passionately the following of not just the critics, but a burgeoning fanbase beyond the musicians themselves....
Therion – Leviathan III (Napalm Records)
Ambitious is an apt word that would describe Therion mastermind Christofer Johnsson when it comes to the depth of his work for this act. 35 years under his belt, many musicians have shuffled through,...
Strigampire – All To Dominate (Self-Released)
Quebec, Canada is home to Strigampire, a band that have been together for over two decades. Silent for a few years during the COVID-19 downtimes, they added new members to the lineup while recording...