In the thirty three years since I first bumped heads with, and was floored by, Agnostic Front, they have never let me down. They have consistently released bruising, direct records and even though some have…
When the Universe made Stanley Lieber, it broke the mould and scattered its pieces to the far flung corners of the cosmos. The bone fide creator of just about everything Marvel, Stan became a cultural…
Belit, born to be a pirate Queen and the scourge of the Black Coast, taught Conan how to be a freebooter and to travel the seas in search of riches and infamy and, before returning…
Okay, normally when a band puts a new record out, it really ought to just stand and fall on the musical content alone right? Well in this case I\’m prepared to make an exception as…
The French oi! scene has always been a musical melting pot with its own distinct style. Pioneered by the likes of Komintern Sect or Camera Silens – these in particular were happy to bring new…
Just announced at MCM Comic Con London, Conan will be starring in a new series that will take the barbarian to places he’s never gone before! Conan made his grand return to the Marvel Comics…
Here’s the thing… There\’s only a handful of bands in the world that would even think about covering a Ramones record in its entirety. And there are only about three of the aforementioned bands who…
Some characters and the vistas that they inhabit refuse to be mere trifles and thanks to the fevered imagination and efforts of a dogged writer and artist, abandon their place in the background created for…
Lately, things have been going kind of South for Captain America. While life rarely seems to travel in any other direction for him and delights in throwing obstacle after seemingly unconquerable obstacle in his path,…
While most folks measure the passage of time in minutes, hours, days, weeks and months, my inner chronometer now mirrors the Retrofan publication schedule. It monitors the progress of the magazine closely and slowly, but…
Announced today at MCM Comic Con London, Robert E. Howard’s swashbuckling heroine, Dark Agnes, will helm her very first comic series! Dark Agnes will be making her Marvel Comics debut this December in CONAN: SERPENT…
Before you read any further you need to ask yourself \”Do I like brutal death metal?\” If you do, then you need to check out Deserted, the new album from Arizona band Gatecreeper. From the…
