If one isn’t a dedicated, die hard Kittie fan, then one might file this week’s “Creature Feature” under “Where Are They Now?” But the quick answer to this might be Mercedes Lander “Never Left”. True while the Kittie camp may be relatively silent right now, there’s plenty going on with the kitty behind the kit. Lander’s (side??) project The White Swan just dropped their fourth EP, “Nocturnal Transmission”. Over the…

‘Tis the season to get spooky! Halloween is upon us. To get us into the spirit of All Hallow’s Eve, we’re doing something a little different for RAM. Welcome to our Inaugural Watch Along Special. Where basically your hosts sit down and enjoy a cool one. We pick a seasonal appropriate flick. Then give our insightful commentary on it. OK, so we had a few drinks and yapped about it….

Happy 14th Bday to us!! What a long strange trip it’s been (OK, we’ll let ourselves out). But as much as we’d like to sit back and bask in our back patting, we’ve got a lot of Metal to get to. Last year we had the good fortune of hanging with none other than Vicious Rumors’ founder/axeman Geoff Thorpe as the band crossed the country. Now their new album “Celebration…

Swiss veteran Messiah’s heyday wrapped up in ’94 after five amazing albums. The latter three with the legendary Noise Records. Now fast forward some twenty five years and the band is once again having a banner year. Messiah’s new comeback full lengther “Fracmont” is now available via the good folks at High Roller. So we were eager to speak with vox Andy Kaina to get the story. We spoke about…

This crazy 2020 may be slowing the world down. But the good folks at Relapse Records are staying busy as ever. They’ve had another metric metal tonne of awesome releases and we’ve done our best at covering them. But – Wow!! So we find ourselves with the pleasure of presenting not one but two amazing “Creature Features” from the Relapse roster. The new Primitive Man album “Immersion” is killer and…

Last episode we had an amazing “Creature Feature” whose roots lay in the heyday of The Bay Area. Seven days later, we return to that hallowed scene. In a roundabout way. The Metallica camp is rocking and rolling with the release of “S&M2”, the metallers second collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony providing a fresh spin on some old faves. One of the highlights is the contribution of Symphony bassist…

It’s always exciting when some one from the legendary Bay Area joins us. Hexx may not roll off the tip of the brain like some of their contemporaries. But they were in the thick of things going back to the glorious demo days of ’83. Now in 2020, the band is showing no signs of letting up. The new album “Entangled in Sin” just hit the new release rack. So…

The whole “This person/place/thing needs no introduction” is a cliche. But it’s nonetheless true for this episode’s “Creature Feature”. The legendary Incantation has been a death metal flagwaver, standard-bearer, and trailblazer since ’90. And axe/vox John McIntee has been there from the get go. Our chat with Mr. McIntee is long overdue. But no better time like the present as the band has dropped their 12th (!!) killer full lengther…

If nothing else 2020 has been a banner year for Canadian death metal trio VOTOV. In one some way, shape or form, we’ve been following these hometown heroes for some three decades. Now the pay off is upon us. The band just dropped their label debut album “I.X.X.I.” Courtesy of the fine folks at CDN Records. So now in a long over due “Creature Feature”, we caught up with the…

Right now, Tank Crimes recording artists Necrot are most deserved darlings in the Metal underground. The new album “Mortal” is set to drop and is already all the buzz. These Oakland bashers are no strangers to the RAM offices though. We’ve been hyping them from the get go, pushing their last record with main man Luca Indrio. This time ’round though we tapped drummer Chad Gailey. Not only for his…

With the world in upheaval right now, a lot of people might just be ready to throw in the 2020 towel. Pop culture might be taking a beating but the wonderful world of Heavy Metal is still Deliverin’ The Goods!! Case in Point – the killer new record from legendary British bruisers Onslaught. “Generation Antichrist” is already in contention for “Album Of The Year” around the RAM offices. Onslaught mastermind…

It may say “Metal” on the marquee, but we’ve never shied away from covering all genres of heavy music. Punk rock legends Dead Kennedys are an outfit we practically grew up with. Upon their demise, Jello Biafra remained on our radars thru his spoken word performances. But admittedly, the rest of our “Fab Four” kind of fell off our radars. Until now. We had the golden opportunity to speak with…

Despite a number of pokers in the interview fires, we decided to forego all in favor of acknowledging a very important rock n roll milestone. As we sat down and pressed “record”, one of the most influential records for any genre celebrated it’s anniversary. AC/DC’s “Back in Black” turned the Big 4-0. So now’s the time to go over this monumental album discussing our own personal whys and wherefores, sharing…