Mgła – Age Of Excuse
The polish kings of straight, no experimentation, bleak black metal return with Age Of Excuse. And if you were looking for any change of direction you will be sorely deluded. Mgła are far from an abruptly changing band, but an…
How I discovered metal music
this is the first article in a series about my music discoveries I was still a kid, like 16-17 years old, used to radio pop, dance and occasionally some rock (mostly the bad quality we make in Italy). I didn’t…
Classic Albums I can’t get into: Bruce Springsteen – The River
Let’s get the rabbit out of the hat right away: if you’d ask me to name a single artist from the classic ones of pop/rock that I believe it is the most overrated, I will answer with Bruce Springsteen. His…
How much is Beyoncé overrated?
Beyoncé is a world phenomenon and one of the most successful artist of music's history. But have you stopped and asked yourself if she is overrated? I did and that's what I found out.
What I Listened this Year: My 2018 playlist
It has been a weird year. A few huge names dropped new albums but none were of earth-shattering quality. Many good extreme metal albums but only a handful worthy of the “awesome” tag. A surprisingly good pop album from last…
Muse choices in Simulation Theory album and tour
After tons of sneak peaks, interviews, rumors of giving up album (only digitally released singles) and finally singles, Muse is coming back in their perfect science fiction style. Their new album, Simulation Theory, will be out tomorrow. This means today…
Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Is blackgaze a genre of its own? Is blackgaze a branch of black metal? Is blackgaze anathema to a trve metaller? Yes, yes and no. These are my answers. Yours would be probably different and we’d get along just fine.…
Sparks – Hippopotamus
Sparks have come a long way. Longer than most bands, career-wise and trend-wise. Hailing from the early 70s, when rock was hitting hard, metal was burgeoning, punk still was barely on sight and pop music heavily leaned to the rock…
Believing the hype of Arctic Monkeys upcoming era
The Monkeys are back at creating (maybe unintentionally) some good old hype. The band didn’t even need to release an album to sold out its independent shows (impressive as their tickets were not sold through Live Nation, known for the false…
Travels, Music and Social Issues
