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Long time resident of the great state of Wyoming, whose wilds I love to explore with a fly rod in my hand.
Avid brewer and consumer of beer with a particular fondness for the dark & complex, which also happens to be how I prefer my coffee and my music.

Album Reviews

Album Review: GREENLEAF – Echoes From A Mass

Christopher Cox Mar 30, 2021 0

Greenleaf - Echoes from a Mass Label: Napalm Records Release Date: March 26, 2021 One of the best things about the world of rock & roll is the various scenes that dot the rich and colorful lineage of the genre. It’s a topic I have…

Album Reviews

Album Review: DVNE – Etemen Ænka

Christopher Cox Mar 19, 2021 0

Dvne - Etemen Ænka Label: Metal Blade Records Release Date: March 19, 2021 Certainly they aren’t the only band one could say this of, but 2020 definitely should have been the year that saw Edinburgh, Scotland’s Dvne (pronounced “dune”)…

2020 Rankings

Chris’ Top Ten Hard Rock and Metal Albums of 2020

Christopher Cox Dec 14, 2020 1

I had a few long paragraphs typed out where I rambled on a bit about 2020, trying to make sense of all the crazy shit that has happened in my life this year. But I just ended up deleting it because I’m so goddamned tired of 2020. I’m…

2019 Rankings

Chris’ Top 10 Hard Rock and Metal Albums of 2019

Christopher Cox Jan 8, 2020 0

Not that I suspect anyone is keeping track (or cares), but I wrote a paltry 3 album reviews for Metal Nation in 2019. In no way, shape, or form is this an indication of the quantity and quality of this year’s releases—quite the opposite…

Album Reviews

Album Review: GROTTO – Lantern of Gius

Christopher Cox Oct 22, 2019 0

Grotto - Lantern of Gius Label: Stickman Records Release Date: October 18, 2019 Fall is here, which means winter is just around the corner--the mere prospect of which is enough to cause severe bouts of anxiety. I guess I’ve never…

Album Reviews

Album Review: BARONESS – Gold & Grey

Christopher Cox Jun 13, 2019 0

Baroness - Gold & Grey Label: Abraxan Hymns Release Date: June 14, 2019 I want to make one thing perfectly clear right here at the start. Baroness is one of a very small handful of bands with whose music I feel an almost…

Reviews

Album Review: KINGS DESTROY – Fantasma Nera

Christopher Cox Feb 28, 2019 0

Kings Destroy - Fantasma Nera Release Date: March 8, 2019 Label: Svart Records As much as I fancy myself an avid explorer of rock & roll’s vast topography, the truth of the matter is that lately it seems like I have a tendency to…

2018 Rankings

Chris’ Top 10 Hard Rock and Metal Albums of 2018

Christopher Cox Jan 14, 2019 1

ROCK & ROLL IS DEAD. I’m not sure exactly how many times I’ve heard that proclaimed over the last few years, but I’ve heard it plenty—and as it pertains to the relevance of rock & roll in the mainstream, I tend to agree. The…

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Artist Of The Month – October 2018: HIGH ON FIRE

Christopher Cox Oct 1, 2018 0

Any discussion as to the true genesis of the stoner sound is bound to devolve into an argument that probably resolves itself only after all parties involved in said argument begrudgingly agree that “Eh, well, it all kind of started with…

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Artist Of The Month – September 2018: CLUTCH

Christopher Cox Sep 10, 2018 0

In the long and storied history of rock and roll, or at least the parts of it for which I’ve been alive, there is perhaps no more perplexing time than the mid-to-late 90’s. With the “grunge” era being slowly pulled apart at the seams by…