by Jasons Jukebox | Feb 29, 2024 | Adventures in Record Reviews
When I moved home to the Philadelphia region after spending 18 years in the Seattle region, I wasn’t sure what to expect. The past, as they say, is complicated. Mine especially so. That 3,000-mile distance was a nice comfort zone in some ways. Thankfully, most of my...
by Jasons Jukebox | Sep 19, 2023 | Adventures in Record Reviews
Earlier this year, the new Metallica album was released. It coincided with a cross Pennsylvania trip that I took. The Philadelphia suburbs to Punxsutawney to the Pittsburgh suburbs to Erie and back to Philadelphia. I must’ve listened to 72 Seasons a dozen times or...
by Jason's Jukebox | Dec 5, 2021 | Adventures in Record Reviews
Empiires are a metal band based out of Dallas, TX. A few singles under their belt thus far, Stronger is the latest tune from the band. Featuring a classic metal sound but imbued with the aggression of Texas metal, this is a band that has a bright future ahead of it....
by Jason's Jukebox | Mar 17, 2019 | Adventures in Record Reviews
Victory Season is the new project from Randy Cooper, the guitarist who was a founding member of the Texas Hippie Coalition – a band who specialized in their own brutal “red dirt metal” sound. Victory Season continues that path, their sound described as a southern...
by Jason's Jukebox | Feb 9, 2018 | Adventures in Record Reviews
Not My Master hail from El Paso, TX and play what they have dubbed “Texas Metal”. An unholy alliance of the best traits from Celtic Frost (or even Hellhammer) and Pantera, the band excels in extreme metal. The band features Chris Kidwell on vocals, Chelo...
