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Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise (Candlelight). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise (Candlelight). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
The Final Countdown and Balls To the Wall (Portrait/Epic/Legacy). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
A Fine Day to Exit (Koch/Music For Nations). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Go Forth (Frenchkiss/The Self-Starter Foundation). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Live Evolution (Sanctuary). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Dead Yuppies (Epitaph). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Supercharger (Roadrunner). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Greatest Hits (Deadline). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Sonic Excess in its Purest Form (Spitfire). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Revolution Revolucion (Roadrunner). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Uncivilization (Sanctuary). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Neither Of Gods and Annihilation (Hammerheart). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Yahweh or the Highway (Skin Graft). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Come Clean (Geffen/Flawless). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Know By Heart (Tiger Style/Southern). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
True Carnage (Metal Blade). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Fires At Midnight, Under a Violet Moon, and Shadow of the Moon (SPV/Steamhammer). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Northern Failures (Hydrahead). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
Alien Breed (1991-2001) (Olympic). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
In Contrast of Tomorrow (Victory). Review by Nathan T. Birk.
A young dancer becomes a legal genius in this fun and fast musical comedy.
Forgotten ’70s action film Fear Is the Key is as gritty as the faces of the men who populate it. Phil Bailey reviews the splashy new Blu-ray.
Coffin Joe returns in a comprehensive Blu-ray collection from Arrow Video, Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe.
Bob’s been looking for a replacement copy of the rare John Cale release Sabotage/Live (1979, Spy Records) since 1991. He still hasn’t found a copy at a reasonable price, but a random YouTube video allowed him to listen and reminisce.
Hidden gem and hallmark of second-generation martial arts film, 1978’s The Shaolin Plot manages to provide a glimpse of things to come. Charles DJ Deppner reviews Arrow Video’s pristine Blu-ray release, which gives this watershed masterpiece the prestige and polish it richly deserves.
The HawtThorns invite you to soar, with the premiere of “Zero Gravity.”
There’s nothing as humiliating as a cattle call. Unless it’s a cattle call in your undies.