Dire Peril

Mega Colossus – Riptime Review

By Eldritch Elitist on December 17, 2021 in Reviews, Heavy Metal, Power Metal, 38 comments

“You might be surprised to hear that even in a position of relative music authority, more than a handful of my recommendations fall flat. Case in point: Riptime. I’ve preached the virtues of this album more than a handful of times on Twitter to zero fanfare. My AMG colleagues, caught in the fever of the 2021 list season, essentially shrugged it off. Now here I am, in full clown makeup, writing a few hundred words to apparently nobody at all. And that’s okay, because even if it’s for my own amusement, there’s no other band I’d rather be writing about right now than Mega Colossus.” Mega ginormous.

Huck N’ Roll’s and Eldritch Elitist’s Top Ten of 2018

By Steel Druhm on December 21, 2018 in 2018, Blog Posts, Lists, 147 comments

The top tens are marching, and Huck N’ Roll and Eldritch are ready to spread the gospel of good metal across the land. You wanted lists, you got lists!

Ferrous Beuller’s and GardensTale’s Top Ten of 2018

By Ferrous Beuller on December 21, 2018 in 2018, Blog Posts, Lists, 139 comments

Ferrous Beuller and GardensTale need to unburden themselves and share all their picks for the best of 2018. Be polite and sit quietly until they’re done, then you can go outside and get a cupcake.

Dire Peril – The Extraterrestrial Compendium Review

By Eldritch Elitist on November 9, 2018 in 2018, American Metal, Divebomb Records, Power Metal, Reviews, Power Metal, 54 comments

“Now, here’s an interesting one: a power metal collaboration, formed of Helion Prime’s Jason Ashcraft and Judicator’s John Yelland, whose existence actually predates its more mainstream offshoots. For the uninitiated, these two bands are some of the most promising newcomers to the US power metal scene. While Helion Prime’s latest effort was something of a disappointment, their debut is a stunner of a record, and Judicator’s At the Expense of Humanity is my favorite power metal record of the current decade. High expectations surround Dire Peril, and as soon as I heard the first singles from The Extraterrestrial Compendium, little could be done to bring them down to realistic levels.” Hype, Helion, Murica.