Phil

Living in ... Birmingham, Alabama
Musical interests:
  • Favourite genres: American thrash, stoner/doom, early punk/hardcore, 70's hard rock, speed punk
  • Favourite bands: Neurosis, Slayer, Sick of it All, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Iron Maiden, Testament, Brutal Truth, Ramones, Bad Brains, Melvins, Saint Vitus, Black Flag, Mastodon, Motorhead, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Pantera, Thin Lizzy, Kylesa, Ministry, Dead Milkmen, Voivod, Black Sabbath, Zeke
  • All time favourite album: I can't pick just one.
I'm human too:
  • Cool day job: Writing, writing and more writing.
  • Hobbies: comic books, disc golf, yard work, napping
  • Bragging about education/college degrees: Earned my journalism degree from UAB in 2000.
Other stuff I can be proud of: I've been married 10 years, and my comic collection is most massive.
REVIEWS
PLAYLISTS

Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
Columbia
Traditional Metal
CLASSIC
Weedeater - God Luck and Good Speed
Southern Lord
Stoner/Sludge/Doom
90 / 100 Archive review
Melvins - Lysol
Boner Records
Sludge Rock/Doom Grunge
no quote Archive review
Ace Frehley - Anomaly
Bronx Born Records
Hard Rock
83 / 100
Cannibal Corpse - Vile
Metal Blade
Death Metal/Gore Grind
90 / 100 Archive review
Doomriders - Darkness Come Alive
Deathwish Inc.
Noise Punk
84 / 100
Testament - The Legacy
Atlantic Recording Company
Thrash Metal
CLASSIC
Shrinebuilder - Shrinebuilder
Neurot Recordings
Doom/Drone/Stoner
94 / 100 Album of the month
TOMBS - Winter Hours
Relapse Records
Post Metal/Doom Core
86 / 100
Gallows - Grey Britain
Reprise Records
Punk/Hardcore
92 / 100 Album of the month
Lewd Acts - Black Eye Blues
Deathwish Inc.
Modern Hardcore/Punk
67 / 100
Hardcore Superstar - Beg For It
Nuclear Blast
Hard Rock/Glam Rock
45 / 100
Burnt By the Sun - Heart of Darkness
Relapse Records
Metalcore/Hardcore
91 / 100
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
ATCO Records
Hard Rock
97 / 100 Archive review
Blacklisted - Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than God
Deathwish Inc.
Hardcore
no quote Archive review
Danzig - Danzig
American Recordings
Hard Rock/Blues Metal
CLASSIC
Kylesa - Static Tensions
Prosthetic Records
Doom Metal/Sludge Metal
89 / 100
Assjack - Assjack
Curb Records
Gutter Hardcore/Crust Punk
59 / 100
Saint Vitus - C.O.D.
Nuclear Blast
Doom Metal/Stoner
65 / 100 Archive review
Fudge Tunnel - Creep Diets
Earache Records
Doom Metal/Grunge/Stoner
88 / 100 Archive review
grief of WAR - Worship
Prosthetic Records
Thrash Metal
62 / 100
Eyehategod - Dopesick
Century Media
Doom Metal/Stoner
92 / 100 Archive review
Current playlist All Time Albums