Chris Forbes | Extreminal Metal Music Magazine

Chronic Fear was a great crossover band from NJ in the 80’s, and with a re-release of an album of theirs called “Is There A Future”, I got …

21 February 2026 Read more

Wow, we are in 2026 now. I have been reviewing and interviewing underground metal bands for 40 years now! It started in 1986 with the relea…

22 January 2026 Read more

Wow here we are in 2025 and here comes a new set of reviews from yours truly. Trust me back in 1986 when I started doing my print zine Meta…

23 February 2025 Read more

Well, here I am again with my 3rd set of reviews for the year. You know I have been doing reviews since 1986 and yeah at times it does get …

22 August 2024 Read more

Chris Forbes’s Metal Reviews #16 Well, I am back with a new set of reviews and this is a shorter set and from now I will do just this. I am…

7 May 2024 Read more

Spent more time doing interviews over the past couple of months than reviews and I hope you have enjoyed my interviews on here as I try to …

9 May 2023 Read more

If It’s Tuesday This Must Be Walla Walla: The Wacky History of Adrenalin O.D. by Dave Scott Schwartzman (DiWulf Publishing House) It took m…

16 December 2022 Read more

DAELKYR/AZZAYA/KARANIK/OHOL YEG/WRATHFIST/Tainted Hordes of Sathariel (Sathariel Records) A 5-way split with each band having a song each. …

17 July 2022 Read more

GENOCIDE PACT/Same (Relapse Records) Some decent hard-hitting death metal with a mix of slow crushing parts and then they break out into su…

20 April 2022 Read more

NUCLEAR REVENGE/Dawn of the Primitive Age (Helldprod Records) Total old Kreator worships all the way down to the vocals too. I mean this wa…

19 November 2021 Read more

BONEHUNTER - Dark Blood Reincarnation System (Hells Headbangers) Nothing really special to get excited over on this. Average at best death/…

6 November 2021 Read more

Well, when I was thinking of an intro to writing for my new reviews, I was sitting in a Barnes and Nobles bookstore and drinking a hot choc…

11 August 2021 Read more