Pat Fish, better known as The Jazz Butcher, passed away a year ago today. Julius C. Lacking offers a requiem for this legendary everyman.

The Lost Album (Tollie / Sunset Blvd.). Review by Julius C. Lacking.

Things Happen That Way (Rounder). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

The winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2021 Viennale, The Tale of King Crab has documentarians Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis creating their first hybrid-fiction feature, which expands on the provocative mythologies birthed in the town of Vejano, Italy. Generoso and Lily review this immersive and imaginative film.

Pecker (Ghoul Tone Records). Review by Charles DJ Deppner.

1970s bloodsucker Count Yorga returns in a 2 disc Blu-ray from Arrow.

Omens (Epic). Review by Tony Bowman.

Join Ink 19 with Barb and Allan Vest for new music from Sydney, Australia band Bloods, Prey composer Sarah Schachner, and doubleVee’s own latest release, Treat Her Strangely. What was your first cassette tape, hmm?

Misanthropology (Westgaard Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

Acoustic Burnside (Dolceola Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Off Kilter (See Tao). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

It was a party, it was a metal show, it was a lot of fun. Anna-Marie O’Brien catches up with Metal Blade in Vegas.