I've written a few pieces on my admiration for various Central and South American metal bands and the manner in which they could absorb...

KARP is the best. Karp are universally hailed as the great lost hope of metal. Those that were lucky enough to see them live had our ...

Rising from the dollar bin like a coked-out phoenix clad in midriff-baring shirt and three days worth of stubble comes fucking Diamond Re...

So, a few beers deep last night, Cobras and I got into a trans-continental bout of posting a bunch of 70s protometal summer jams on Faceb...

Regular IllCon followers should know of the name Pete Jay and the quality musical output he has been part of. Quality shit such as Wormwo...

“Dune. Desert Planet. Arrakis. WATER.” --Kyle McLaughlin, in Lynch’s Magnum Opus, Dune “Dune, where’s my car?” --Cobras Many bands have trie...

As my esteemed colleague, Judge Shredd, mentioned below , We are in the end times. You only have to look at the economic and environmental ...

I'm not entirely sure what to put here to be honest. This band simply rules. Pure, plain, and simple and if you think otherwise, I'm...

The joys and awesomeness of movie montage music have been extolled many a time here on Illcon. From the awesome Blood Bros mix-tapes to Cob...

Not content with finishing off my Eno series with style, verve, moxie, chutzpah and aplomb, I have also taken it upon myself to give you goo...