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Win A Ticket For Cold Slither @ Gramercy Theatre on 10/11/2025

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Fall has arrived and while we’ve had some warmer days to enjoy, the chill is on its way and will likely be here just in time for the arrival of the famed New York Comic Con. arrives in our Metal Metropolis. The Fall, and the famed convention will also herald the arrival of the band Cold Slither, a group that is shrouded in mystery, intrigue and might even be up to some nefarious doings. Read on my friends.

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The Details: To my knowledge, Cold Slither has been hiding under a rock for many, many years but they have recently resurfaced with new music that comes care of the Reigning Phoenix Music label. Their return can only mean one thing and that is the rise of the insidious Cobra Command. If you recall the seemingly endless battles with the GI JOE Adventure Team, Cobra only wants one thing. Total Global Domination. Now, thanks to the marketing team at Live Nation’s Gramercy Theatre, a secret team of fans will be deployed into the venue to observe the goings on and be able to report their findings to the High Command. This musical mission will be a precarious one so review the dossier below carefully.

When and Where: Saturday, October 11th at Gramercy Theatre (127 E 23rd S, New York, NY 10010) at 8:00PM
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Amorphis “Borderland” Album Listening @ Lucky 13 Saloon

Finland’s Amorphis is one of the most legendary Metal bands in the country’s history and tonight Esa and Santeri will bring the crushing sound of their latest album “Borderland” to the masses with a public album listening at the Lucky 13 Saloon in Brooklyn. The cost is free and space is limited so arrive early to not miss out. “Borderland” by Amorphis will be released on Reigning Phoenix Music.

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Music, Reviews

“Cold Slither” (Single) by Cold Slither

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Artist: Cold Slither
Title: “Cold Slither” (Single)
Label: Reigning Phoenix Music
Date: 3/18/2025
Rating: 5/5

Talk about a throwback to my younger days… In the early 80’s I was not only a regular reader of the Marvel Comics “GI JOE: A Real American Hero” comic book series, but I was also a dedicated viewer of the cartoon that brought the illustrated pages to animated life. Though the patriotic heroics of the Joe Team were always inspiring, I’m not shy in admitting that I found the sinister machinations of their adversaries in Cobra Command to always be entertaining and interesting. During one of the episodes Zartan and his Dreadknocks formed a Heavy Metal band called Cold Slither and their music was hypnotic and designed to bring you under the control of Cobra. All of this reflection found me excited to learn that Reigning Phoenix Music was bringing the band “to life” and working alongside Hasbro on a number of promotional items. The song in and of itself is a catchy one and you will probably be humming it after a few short listens.
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“Residue” (Single) by Kerry King

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Artist: Kerry King
Title: “Residue” (Single)
Label: Reigning Phoenix Music
Date: 4/12/2024
Rating: 4/5

With just about a month to go before the release of the Kerry King debut album “From Hell I Rise”, its time to get another taste from it as the folks at Reigning Phoenix Music have delivered another single from the album. It was only a couple of months ago that I gave their first single “Idle Hands” a spin and clicking the hyperlinked text will let you see that one. As mentioned before, Kerry King has assembled a solid lineup that features Phil Demmel (Machine Head), Kyle Sanders (Hell Yeah), Mark Osegueda (Death Angel) and Paul Bostaph (Slayer) for the new album and touring cycle. While I don’t like to use the term “super group” since its been overused so very often, this truly amounts to one considering the lengthy Metal resumes that each of the players have coming in to the group. The latest track is titled “Residue” and starts off with some solid, driving drumming patterns from Bostaph before the truly head-banging riff takes over. As a drummer myself, I love the solid double-bass pattern that flows along with the riffs and as I listened a little more closely trying to envision this in the live sense I could almost envision the pit forming. Demmell is putting some great lead guitar work into the material while Mark sounds awesome and one of the main things that I like is that its not a Slayer 2 band but a group that’s managed to bring their individuality together and make it something special. Moments of thrashiness on top of slow chugging groove that ends up quite satisfying. I felt that I enjoyed both “Residue” and “Idle Hands” equally and cannot wait to hear the full on release. So far so good but if you are going to be stoic about this material not bringing you right into the Slayer moshpit then you might be a hard sell of it. Don’t be that Metalhead. Instead, sit back and crank it up and enjoy these players united for new Metal material.
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“Idle Hands” (Single) by Kerry King

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Artist: Kerry King
Title: “Idle Hands” (Single)
Label: Reigning Phoenix Music
Date: 2/4/2024

I guess it was only a matter of time after Slayer decided to formally retire that we’d be getting some new music from their legendary founder Kerry King. King has assembled a super-powered lineup that features Phil Demmel (Machine Head), Kyle Sanders (Hell Yeah), Mark Osegueda (Death Angel) and Paul Bostaph (Slayer) and together they are ready to deliver some molten hot Metal on a still growing record label, Reigning Phoenix Music. The first track released from the group comes via “Idle Hands” and I’ve spun it a few times before penning these thoughts. It’s a nice and thrashy number and Mark does a great job with the vocals here and despite his years fronting Death Angel I didn’t feel that he sounded like he was from that band. Bostaph is as solid as ever and after so many years on the drums for Slayer surely knows how to keep the time paced nice and fast with King delivering the riffs. “Idle Hands” is an energetic track that I can see inspiring some circle pit activity in the fans at a live and if you are wondering if it sounds like a Slayer track, well it doesn’t at all. At least to me it didn’t, it sounded like a new chapter from the creative mind of King. Great lead guitar work from Demmel and solid bass from Sanders make me interested in what is yet to come.
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