You can find the Collective List as well as all our Best of 2022 content including contributors’ individual lists, podcasts and radio DJ shows here: CGCM’s Best of 2022 (Year in Review) BEST OF 2022 – Dave Wilks (Writer/Contributor) 🇺🇸 2022 was a beautiful year of rock and roll. This list covers the gamut from New Wave of Traditional Metal, […]
The Metal Byrds just keep chugging along, putting out one strong release after the other. Birdie Lane keeps the train rolling with another phenomenal hard rock album. As a follow-up to my favourite album of 2021 4, The Metal Byrds decided to go big on Birdie Lane. They cast a wide and deep net over […]
Haunt returns in 2022 with their 10th or 11th album in just a few years, but who’s counting? The output is amazing, and not just for how much Haunt music there is, but also for the quality. Each release is a gateway into the majesty of Haunt‘s brand of heavy metal. Windows Of Your Heart […]
Hello CGCM Rock Radio listeners and readers! Welcome to Beaver Buzz, a regular segment written by contributor Dave Wilks showcasing some newly released (or recently added) singles to the CGCM Rock Radio rotation. While listening to our station, you’ll hear our mascot Buzzsaw Beaver come on at the top of the hour with a new […]
Hello CGCM Rock Radio listeners and readers! Welcome to Beaver Buzz, a regular segment written by contributor Dave Wilks showcasing New Singles for February 9, 2022 added to CGCM Rock Radio rotation. Consider it a supplement to The Beaver Buzz radio show where we play all this music Wednesdays at 4:00 Eastern (see all the […]
I’m writing this review and the review for Eric Wagner’s In The Lonely Light Of Mourning at the same time. While Wagner‘s album is like a serious, indie black and white Academy Award contender, Hail To The Heroes is a huge, loud, and fun as hell Marvel movie. Girish and the Chronicles deliver a hard […]
I knew Eric Wagner‘s In The Lonely Light Of Mourning was going to be a melancholy album from the start. After all, Eric Wagner only passed away a few months ago, on August 22, 2021. The former Trouble singer’s first and last solo album reflects on Eric Wagner‘s life through collaboration with friends he made over […]
Hello CGCM Rock Radio listeners and readers! Welcome to Beaver Buzz, a regular segment written by contributor Dave Wilks showcasing some newly released (or recently added) singles to the CGCM Rock Radio rotation. While listening to our station, you’ll hear our mascot Buzzsaw Beaver come on at the top of the hour with a new […]
Bad Butler proudly carry on the legacy of outstanding German metal. With Badtime Stories, the quartet from Saarbrücken crush your ears under the weight of pure metal. With influences across the spectrum from traditional metal to power metal, and from Judas Priest to Manowar, if Bad Butler‘s latest doesn’t get your “Hornz Up” I’m not […]
Hello CGCM Rock Radio listeners and readers! Welcome to Beaver Buzz, a regular segment written by contributor Dave Wilks showcasing some new hard rock and heavy metal singles for 2022 added to the CGCM Rock Radio rotation. While listening to our station, you’ll hear our mascot Buzzsaw Beaver come on at the top of the […]
