Articles by Keith Carman

Viking Skull

Heavy Metal Thunder

PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2010

Isn't it amusing when a joke ends up outliving the real deal? Such is the case with British groove metal dudes Viking Skull, an act created...

The Secret

Solve Et Coagula

PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2010

From their creepy imagery and dark atmosphere to a self-defined "pro-cacophony" motivation, Italy's the Secret are everything we've been lo...

The Creepshow Break Psychobilly’s Confines with <i>They All Fall Down</i>

PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2010

Burlington, ON psychobilly quartet the Creepshow might seem like a bunch of fun-loving, horror-film-obsessed fiends, but as singer Sarah Bl...

Sweet Cobra

Mercy

PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2010

To maximize a cliché, Chicago, IL's Sweet Cobra have always had the subtlety of the proverbial bull in a China shop. Uniting emotionally we...

Mountains Unfold

The Furnace

PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2010

While the majority of Stateside ambient metal bands have become complacent in their popularity and cultish status as genre leaders, there's...

Employer, Employee

Discography

PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2010

Many bands are lauded as progressive for inadvertently pairing up a couple of musical sub-genres and forging something modestly unique. Whe...

Fireball Ministry

Fireball Ministry

PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2010

Californian groove metal quartet Fireball Ministry have never been afraid to milk a sweet melody. Over the course of the past decade and fo...

The Atom Age

Kill City Surf

PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2010

Upon the outset of Kill City Surf, one can't help but think that a band striving to infuse their pop punk and basic ska influences with asp...