(TheBRHM.com) There is a band whose name belongs in every serious conversation about American heavy metal, and most people have never heard it. They had everything the moment demanded. And the world still slept on them. Not because they lacked the goods, but because four Black men plugged in and ...
(TheBRHM.com) There are certain bands whose influence runs far deeper than their record sales ever suggested, and Black Death belongs near the top of that list. Long before the rest of us had the language to describe what they were doing, four young men out of Cleveland were quietly rewriting ...
(TheBRHM.com) It’s March 1992 and Ice T just had a strong 1991 with the success of New Jack City, the solid performance of Ricochet, and a landmark album in O.G. Original Gangsta. His 1992 would kick off with his band Body Count’s self-titled debut. This was an album I saw ...
(TheBRHM.com) I’m not the biggest doom metal fan. The tempo is often too slow and plodding for my liking and depending on the band, the lyrical content can be too depressing and devoid of energy. That doesn’t take away from the musicianship or songwriting, I’m into faster, aggressive, energetic music. ...
(TheBRHM.com) Among 1980s hard rock and heavy metal bands with either an entirely Black roster or featuring Black band members of some tenure, a few bands immediately come to mind. There’s Hirax headed up by Katon W. de Pena. You also have Black Death out of Ohio, New York City’s ...
(TheBRHM.com) I touched on Three, a Cleveland-based band featuring Black Death singer Siki Spacek in his usual roles as vocalists and guitarist. Is it a continuation of Black Death Resurrected and Black Death? Not exactly, but with Siki’s involvement, you’ll notice a lot of the two aforementioned bands’ influences on ...
(TheBRHM.com) Stone Vengeance is an all-Black thrash band out of the Bay Area that formed in 1978. The band has kept the same line-up of Michael Coffey on guitar, Anthony Starks on bass, and Darren Tompkins on drums with Coffey doing primary lead vocal duties, Tompkins often in the backup ...
(TheBRHM.com) When speaking of Black vocalists in rock—particularly in hard rock and metal—the tremendous Corey Glover of Living Colour is often the first mentioned. And rightfully so, Glover is a singer with range and presence. Both are definite thumbs up in my book. Let’s look at another pioneer in Cleveland, ...
(TheBRHM.com) While diving into metal in the late 2000s, I ran into a lot of new thrash—or retro thrash, thrash revival—as well as some speed metal revival bands. Some of these bands featured members from black metal bands or who had a background or influences in black metal and maybe ...
(TheBRHM.com) When a newer artist catches my attention—such as Mario Judah—I’ll delve into their earlier works and work my way up to their recent stuff. I like to see the progression of their sound within a relatively short period. It’s a good way to see how they got to the ...