Articles by Kevin Stewart-Panko
Darkest Hour's Metal Outreach For Core Kids
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Darkest Hour have no respect for the many fissures that split the extreme music scene into factions. As the various tentacles of metal and...
Beyond The Embrace
Against The Elements
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
The unwritten rule is that try as they might, American metallers don't live up to European/Scandinavian standards when it comes to black me...
Postman Syndrome
Terraforming
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
This Jersey outfit is a curious little unit, as they dip their fingers into a wide breadth of sonic influence, from art and prog rock, both...
King's Evil
Deletion Of Humanoise
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002
I'm going to make a sweeping generalisation here about Japanese metal, but it appears that many bands seem to mimic the popular styles from...
Serrated Scalpel
Suspended In Misery
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002
There was once a time when the listening public would cut a second division band some slack if they had to deal with some sort of adversity...
Atreyu
Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2002
Word on the streets of the suburbs is that Atreyu's new record pales in comparison to their past work on Tribunal. The usual cries of "sell...
Killwhitneydead
Inhaling the Breath of a Bullet
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2002
Two things disappointed me about this album. One: I was really hoping the band was called Kill Whitey Dead and that their material was all...
Steel Prophet
Unseen
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2002
Here's something you don't see everyday, a power metal band with an African-American dude holding down part of the rhythm section. The old...