(TheBRHM.com) On the rock and metal side, I enjoy a variety of genres. When it comes to hip-hop, it’s primarily trap, drill, horrorcore and crunk—when I’m feeling nostalgic. There was a period in the late 1990s and early 2000s when rock/metal and hip-hop were merged into the genre rap rock ...

(TheBRHM.com) So, Dartkthrone has another full-length album dropping in late April 2024. I’ve been going through the band’s late 2010s to present stuff—four albums since 2016—and there’s been a lot more re-listening to albums and songs than usual. I discovered Darkthrone’s 90s black metal era while they were in their ...

(TheBRHM.com) I often dive into funk, quiet storm, trap and something of the Latin persuasion when I’m not listening to rock and heavy metal. When you take in different genres, it’s not usual to see influences of some act on another or elements from one genre having a home in ...

(TheBRHM.com) So, back in 2021, we featured three albums to check out before Darkthrone released Eternal Hails….Now we’ll look at a classic album from a band considered to be an inspiration on Darkthrone’s early sound. This is the 1984 self-titled debut by Bathory.   What is Bathory? Bathory was a ...

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(TheBRHM.com) We recently took a “Greatest Album Debuts” jaunt to Canada for some power metal stylings. As a country for metal music, I dig Canada for its speed metal and thrash offerings but acts like Smoulder, 3 Inches of Blood, metal OG Thor, and Gatekeeper show that the Great White ...

(TheBRHM.com) In the late 1990s, I wasn’t familiar with Kiss at all. Sure, I most likely heard some of their hit tunes in commercials or films but I didn’t actually match them with those songs. It wouldn’t be until the release of the Psycho Circus comic book from Image Comics ...

(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 ...