Released by: Skydog Records/MVD
Released on: December 18th, 2020.
Year: Various
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Iggy And The Stooges - From K.O. To Chaos Review:

This eight disc boxed set, made up of seven CDs and one DVD, gathers together all of the Iggy And The Stooges releases that have been released over the years from France’s Skydog Records, including the infamous Metallic KO album from 1976 and the two complete shows that that album was culled from, in addition to a nice selection of rarities, live tracks and assorted bits and pieces from throughout the Iggy Pop and The Stooges’ long and sordid career.

Here’s a look at what you’ll find on each of the discs in the collection.

When the riotous, confrontational 'last ever' Iggy & the Stooges gig Metallic KO was issued in 1976 on the French indie Skydog label, it heralded the punk ...

Released by: Silver Lining Music
Released on: November 27th, 2020.
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Re-recordings by bands of their classic albums/songs has always been a dicey prospect at best. And yet it remains ...

Released by: eOne
Released on: November 27th, 2020.
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SODOM's 16th (!) full length album sees our German heroes in fine fettle despite some recent lineup changes.

Genesis XIX sees the return of the fantastic Frank Blackfire - the guitarist ...

Released by: Pit Records
Released on: October 30th, 2020
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Released in 1990 originally on Metal Blade records, two years after their debut album Hell-O, GWAR’s Scumdogs Of The Universe celebrates three decades of existence ...

Released by: October 9th, 2020.
Released on: Frontiers Music
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19 long years after “Curse Of The Hidden Mirror”, BÖC have returned with a new studio album. Is it any good? Does it capture ...

Released by: High Roller Records
Released on: September 25th, 2020.
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Dormant since 1991’s “Morbid Reality”, San Francisco’s HEXX , thanks to German Metal maestros High Roller, ...

Released by: AFM Records
Released on: October 2nd, 2020.
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Once compatriots of classic French Metal stalwarts acts like TRUST, ADX, SORTILEGE and H-BOMB, NIGHTMARE have a long and storied history. After releasing two well-regarded ...

Released by: Housecore Records
Released on: September 4th, 2020.
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It isn’t often I get baffled, but here it is. Phil Ansemelo - the mouth that roared from PANTERA and also known for his many side projects that tended to be some form of extreme metal or hardcore or death metal like SUPERJOINT RITUAL - has released ...

Released by: Relapse Records
Released on: August 14th, 2020
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The latest full-length album from Denver, Colorado’s Primitive Man, who have been around since 2012 and bill themselves as “Denver’s first and only Death ...

Released by: Tankcrimes
Released on: August 28th, 2020.
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The Bay Area’s NECROT aren’t really here to hold your Metal hand or fire up your Death Metal intellect. They aren’t particularly technical (though they are excellent players) or cutting edge.

What ...

Released by: Relapse Records
Released on: July 17th, 2020.
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Pennsylvania’s instrumental powerhouse duo ZOMBI return after five years with an excellent new album that combines their classic sound with a couple ...

Released by: AFM Records
Released on: July 31st, 2020.
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Following on from 2018’s rock solid but hardly adventurous “Steelfactory” release, German Metal Colonel Udo Dirkschneider cooled his heels for a while. Now he’s back - with his weirdest project ...

Released by: Sleaszy Rider Records
Released on: May 8th, 2020 (digital)/August 7^th, 2020 (CD & Vinyl).
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Carl Canedy (who were interviewed a year ago here) is best known as the drummer for The Rods (and a onetime drummer for Manowar) as ...

Released by: I, Voidhanger Records/Repose Records
Released on: June 26th, 2020.
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Thecodontion were founded in Rome, Italy in 2016 by G.E.F. (vocals) and G.D. (bass) and are one of those rare metal bands that do not use guitars in their music. Instead, they use ...

Released by: Tee Pee Records
Released on: April 10th, 2020.
Year: 2020
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What is a Witch Taint? Well, this two piece –the most evil, sinister, extreme and KVLT band from Indiana ever – might be Dave Hill and Phil Costello but it’s way more fun to pretend that the band is made up of ...

Released by: Anti-Corp
Released on: April 10th, 2020.
Year: 2020
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Bronx-based hip-hop legend Kool Keith joined forces with an unlikely ally in Nashville’s power violence outfit Thetan back in 2019 for a Record Store Day single release in the form of Complicated Trip. Well, that must have gone ...

Released by: MVD Visual/Sudden Death Records
Released on: March 15th, 2020.
Year: 2020
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D.O.A. is still going strong, and the world is a better place for it. What better time than now for the band to ...

Released by: Acetate Records
Released on: February 7^th, 2020.
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The Supersucker’s thirteenth studio album was recorded over four days in June of 2019 outside of Austin, Texas at Willie Nelson’s Pendernales Studio by ‘Grammy Award winning ...

Ross The Boss – Born Of Fire (AFM Records) Album Review
Released by: AFM Records
Released on: March 6^th, 2020.
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Ross ‘The Boss’ Friedman is legitimate rock ‘n’ roll royalty. In the seventies, he was a founding member of legendary New York City punk pioneers The Dictators and when he got that out of his system, he moved on to help found equally legendary metal act Manowar. ...