(TheBRHM.com) Horror punk is a genre I wanted to get into for some time. With our recent rockabilly dives, I definitely wanted to explore psychobilly but you kind of need to get into horror punk as well. As far as lyrical content goes, they’re extremely similar with horror and all ...
(TheBRHM.com) Let’s go a little more modern with a great debut album from the past three years. This time it’s Burn the Night, the 2019 debut from Riot City. What Kind of Vibe is Riot City? At first, I was thinking “Wow, Riot City gives me Riot vibes.” Riot is ...
(TheBRHM.com) A flawless debut album is a challenge that many never hit. There will be something that either the artist or critics can look at and feel “Eh, this ruins it” or “That song was unnecessary to the overall project” and so on. German band Accept’s debut album was a ...
(TheBRHM.com) Seattle-based band Skelator is one my favorite bands to come from the New Wave of American Heavy Metal. While I will do a dive into their work, this is about Holy Tyrant which is headed up by former Skelator bassist Rahsaan Davis. Who Are Holy Tyrant? Davis made the ...
(TheBRHM.com) My metal listening recently has been more on epic metal of the 1980s. A lot of the acts come from traditional heavy metal roots—somewhat different from the German bands that came from speed metal and became power metal with future albums. Let’s check out five albums that I’ve had ...
(TheBRHM.com) In the late 1990s-early 2000s, my city had two rock radio stations: one for classic rock and hard rock and another for alternative rock. Both stations had its own blocks of music with the hard rock station—The Eagle—playing more of a mix since it had more decades to pull ...
(TheBRHM.com) Since we’ve taken a look at Mötley Crüe’s 1981 debut Too Fast for Love, I figured “Well hell, we gotta do W.A.S.P.” For those who have never heard of W.A.S.P, they’re a band hailing from Los Angeles. The band as well as the Crüe has its roots in the ...
(TheBRHM.com) It’s an 80s L.A metal trifecta for “Greatest Album Debuts”! We looked at the debuts from Mötley Crüe and W.A.S.P, now we’ll look at opening salvo from a pretty “If You Know, You Know” band in Lizzy Borden with their 1985 full-length debut Love You to Pieces. What stands ...
(TheBRHM.com) We’re getting into a bit of hard rock for “Greatest Album Debuts” with the 1973 self-titled release by Queen. On this release, you’ll get a mix of 70s hard rock and progressive rock but the prog element when mixed with that hard rock gives us something similar to speed ...
(TheBRHM.com) In 1975, Hall of Famers AC/DC dropped a double dose of Australian hard rock. I gave the debut album High Voltage a listen and figured “Well, High Voltage is right there. Might as well.” So, instead of a “Greatest Debut Album,” we’re looking at the 1970s releases and seeing ...
(TheBRHM.com) I had gone through the 1970s AC/DC albums and finished taking notes on Highway to Hell but knew 1980’s Back in Black was right there. Featuring new lead singer—well, new at the time—Brian Johnson and the electric approach to hard rock that the band was known for, this had ...
(TheBRHM.com) Welcome to another “Greatest Album Debuts” where we look at debut albums that either caught my attention or are generally beloved. Many of them are albums I checked out when I began listening to metal—such as our featured album 1981’s Too Fast for Love from Mötley Crüe. When it ...