I ended up idly downloading three more albums from Candlelight. Here’s a brief look at each. First up is the fourth full-length from Brazil’s Claustrofobia entitled “I See Red”. A rather long, 14-song affair clocking in at 52 minutes or so,...

I've recently begun contributing to The Plague, a long defunct 'zine recently resurrected by the publisher, Daniel Hinds. We plan to publish content on a monthly basis, and our first issue together was published yesterday (December 6th). Here's a brief...

Bands: Marduk, Nachtmystium, Black Anvil, and Merrimack Venue: Royal Hall (a.k.a. The Iron Room); Los Angeles, California Date: December 4th, 2009 The black metal tour of the year finally plowed through Los Angeles last night. The promoter, Church...

Candlelight Records has a roster loaded with heavy hitters. In addition, very top tier releases have appeared from the label this year, including albums from Blut Aus Nord (more than likely my number one album for the year), Glorior Belli, and others....

Laudanum, Lightning Swords of Death, Black Ganion, and Valdur Venue: The Blvd., Los Angeles, California November 28, 2009 The under pressure L.A. metal concert scene is showing signs of starting to crack. We’ve just learned that, at least for now,...