It Was a Very Good Year… Tom’s Best Albums and Others of 2014

This has been a very good year for loud rock, from a purely artistic standpoint, in that there more albums this year that were worthy of this list. In fact, it was a little difficult to break this down into just 11 records, so what split the list between two parts. The first part is… Continue reading It Was a Very Good Year… Tom’s Best Albums and Others of 2014

OBLITERATE TOMORROW! AN INTERVIEW WITH SAM JAMES VELDE OF OBLITERATIONS

What do you get when you take certain current and ex-members of such bands as Black Mountain, Saviours, and Night Horse, and a drummer who was born to play aggressive music, and put them in a room together? Well, you get this Obliterations, which just happens to be one of the most volatile and exciting… Continue reading OBLITERATE TOMORROW! AN INTERVIEW WITH SAM JAMES VELDE OF OBLITERATIONS

My Totally Biased Top Ten Albums +1 Of 2013

By Thomas Pizzola It was quite a year for heavy music, as many bands released many great albums — so many in fact, that it was impossible to cut this list just down to ten.  This list reflects nothing but my own personal tastes and what I kept going back for multiple listens throughout the… Continue reading My Totally Biased Top Ten Albums +1 Of 2013