Articles by Kevin Stewart-Panko
Mortification
Hammer Of God
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999
Christianity and metal don't mix for the simple reason that once you get a bunch of guys preaching to you about how we're all going to hell...
Brother's Keeper
Forever Never Ending
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999
This collection of unreleased, hard-to-find and compilation tracks would have been infinitely more interesting if the band had put the song...
Devastation
Signs Of Life
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999
Even back in the day, Devastation never made much of an impact on the metal scene so it's pretty surprising to see Century Media taking the...
Exodus
Pleasures Of The Flesh
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999
The big to-do in 1986 was the news that, after the awesome Bonded By Blood debut, Paul Bailoff left Exodus and was replaced by Steve “...
Abattoir
Vicious Attack / The Only Safe Place
PUBLISHED Aug 1, 1999
After thrash and power metal started to develop in both sound and popularity through the early ‘80s, the Los Angeles scene (otherwise...
Immolation
Failure For Gods
PUBLISHED Aug 1, 1999
Flashy packaging and the odd mosh-metal groove aside, this album is completely mired in the muck that is generic death metal. The drummer l...
Loudmouth
Loudmouth
PUBLISHED Aug 1, 1999
Loudmouth seem more concerned with wardrobe and painting their fingernails than offering the jaded rock/metal fan anything worth listening...
Possessed
Seven Churches/Beyond the Gates/The Eyes of Horror
PUBLISHED Aug 1, 1999
In 1985, Possessed were an anomaly in metal for not only surpassing the old adage that “you're only as good as your drummer” &#...
