The End Records

Tarja What Lies Beneath

by Joe Mis Staff Writer What Lies Beneath is the third solo album from well-known Finnish singer-songwriter Tarja Turunen. Perhaps best known outside of Finland as the operatic front person of symphonic metal masters Nightwish from 1996 to 2005, Tarja continues to rightfully gain following as a [...]

Lordi Babez for Breakfast

by Trevor Portz Staff Writer Though they have yet to fully conquer the states, Lordi have certainly had a fair bit of success overseas, most memorably after winning Eurovision in 2006. Of course, winning a TV music contest isn’t necessarily the key to pop longevity. Then again, neither is [...]

Danzig Deth Red Sabaoth

by Derric Miller Staff Writer So it’s been six years since Glenn Danzig’s most mainstream band, Danzig, has released their last studio album. Like Rob Zombie, Glenn Danzig is a dark Renaissance Man who dabbles in arts outside of the musical realm, and like Rob Zombie, when he brings his [...]

Daniel Lioneye Vol. II

by Trevor Portz Staff Writer Devoted HIM fans are surely familiar with guitarist Linde’s side project, Daniel Lioneye. They most certainly know “The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll” from not only the album of the same name, but also from its choice as noted HIM fanatic Bam [...]

OOMPH! Truth or Dare

by Joe Mis Staff Writer Truth Or Dare is a “Best of…” collection from the German rock trio OOMPH! Selected from their 20 year, 12-album career, OOMPH! has recorded some of these tracks with English lyrics for the first time, making Truth Or Dare their first full English album release. Having [...]

Helloween Unarmed

by Trevor Portz Staff Writer It’s always a bit scary (for those of us over 30) when bands we follow start celebrating major milestone birthdays. More so when the band—Helloween in this case—is theoretically a second-wave band in their respective genre. You expect Judas Priest and Iron [...]

Shining Blackjazz

by Trevor Portz Staff Writer With the multitude of generic, cookie-cutter bands proliferating the market these days, it’s rare to pop something into the CD player (which, for the younger crowd, is like a primitive i-Pod), and instantly think, “Holy shit! This is amazing!” [...]

Borknagar Universal

by Trevor Portz Staff Writer Borknagar are a unique extreme metal beast. They present a paradox applicable to only a few groups in this great metal world. Unlike so many bands of their ilk, with each release, fans go in knowing what to expect, yet also without any idea of what’s coming. [...]

Sigh Scenes From Hell

by Trevor Portz Staff Writer For those uninitiated, the Sigh story goes all the way back to early ‘90s Tokyo, where band leader Mirai Kawashima put together the initial lineup of what would become one of black metal’s most unique and long-lasting acts. An early milestone came in 1993 in the [...]