Nza’s Review: Rex Brown smashes inner demons on ballsy “Smoke on This” solo album

Rex Brown of the legendary and now unfortunately defunct metal giant Pantera has recently resurfaced with a brand new and quite surprisingly different sounding solo effort. Smoke on This is a refreshing soul-searching and demon-squashing album that digs deep into the musical roots that have shaped the musician that Rex has become. Until now, Rex […]

Review: Cradle To Grave – Texas Medicine [2008]

Crushing Canadian crew Cradle to Grave cram a truckload of groove metal licks and unabashed aggression into their 11-track release TEXAS MEDICINE. There’s enough Pantera worship here to last a lifetime, but there’s more to this quartet than that, as this disc balances out the mix with shards of punk metal grit and thrash metal […]

Rock Show Countdown: #4 Ozzfest ’97

Ozzfest ’97 featuring Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Pantera, Marilyn Manson, Type-O-Negative, Machine Head, Fear Factory, Powerman 5000, and Coal Chamber at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ, June 15, 1997 This quote from the New York Times sums up this legendary show: This made the very premise of the concert one of rebellion, infusing it with […]

Rock Show Countdown: #6 Pantera and Slayer

Pantera and Slayer at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, June 21, 2001 First of all the, this show’s lineup was just insane and does not require any explanation of its awesomeness. Pantera and Slayer on the same night…Can life get any better? This was also the final time I got to see the legendary, Dimebag Darrell […]