After Caress of Steel met with mixed critical review and mediocre fan reaction, the record label begged the rocking trio from Toronto to abandon the idea of another musical concept album. Undaunted, our heroes plunged on and released an album that other concept albums are now measured by... 2112.
I decided to do this album as a separate article from the next one, 2112, for one simple reason: They both deserve their own review. These two were concept albums that shaped the future of Rush as a band, and how their fans would expect future albums to be. As far as their recording label is
Perhaps it's destiny, but Rush debuted their first album the same month and year I was born. Being a fan, for me, was in the stars. So let's dig in to this debut album. The entire thing is good, and even though drummers would change after this recording, it still sounds enough like the modern Rush
Immediately following a gig in 1973, three bandmates went straight to the cheapest studio they could find in Toronto and cut their first album. At this time, the band was Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and John Rutsey, and they called themselves Rush. “The first stab at the album was done in eight hours
If you've never heard of the metal monarch, King Diamond, shame on you. People like to think of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath as the originators of the genre. King Diamond isn't quite that old in his tenure at the top of the heavy metal hierarchy, but he's almost as influential. As the lead
Yesterday was the first part of this two-fer review of Iron Maiden's Los Angeles stop on their Legacy of the Beast Tour. If you missed part 1 check it out here. Much like Iron Maiden attempted to kill Eddie in the 1980's onstage, Iron Maiden-A-Thon was presumed dead for an entire weekend before
Iron Maiden-A-Thon was presumed dead after the final album review went up on Friday afternoon. Much like Eddie and the rest of the band, Iron Maiden will never die. Iron Maiden-A-Thon is going into overtime for one last review. On Saturday, September 14th, 2019, Iron Maiden played a show in Los
As I sit typing this, Iron Maiden is currently embarking on their Legacy of the Beast tour. Legacy of the Beast is Iron Maiden’s mobile game. If you didn’t know, Iron Maiden rule the world. So because their Los Angeles show is coming up; what better time to write a
Let’s talk Practical Magic 2! I didn’t watch the original film until a couple of years ago, so my nostalgia bar is very low. That said, I’m a huge fan of Sandra Bullock, so I was SHOCKED that this film never crossed my TV screen until the 2024 Halloween season. I truly enjoyed the witchy
For better or for worse, the Cold War action-comedy lives! 35 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein have meshed the longstanding Odd Couple road trip with Iron Curtain hijinks and modern action sensibilities for a surprisingly solid but conceptually
Daemons of the Shadow Realm reveals the depths a certain hunter named Ivan has in Ep. 20 "The Hunted and the Hunter". It's very bloody and dark depths, but it does show that Ivan will likely be a major recurring villain in the story, and will play a major role in that story somehow. As well as
