Monthly Archives: November 2016


Graphic Reviews: Death

Death: The Deluxe Edition No matter who you are or how tough you may consider yourself, everyone fears something. For some people, it’s spiders. For others, it’s heights. The list of the things humanity fears is mindbogglingly long. Perhaps one of the oldest and most pervasive (unsurprisingly) is thanatophobia, or […]


A Bard’s Eye View: Artist Profile – The Mars Volta

Artist Profile The Mars Volta Country of origin: United States Genres: Progressive rock, experimental rock, jazz-rock, psychedelic rock, post-hardcore, musique concrete, jazz fusion, noise rock, math rock, Years active: 2001-2012 Current members: None Number of albums: 6 Number of concerts attended: 0 Notable cameos on artist’s records: Flea The Mars Volta […]


A Bard’s Eye View: Artist Profile – Nightwish Part Two: Post-Tarja

Artist Profile 7 Nightwish – Part Two: Post-Tarja Country of origin: Finland Genres: Symphonic metal, gothic metal, power metal, folk metal, heavy metal, symphonic power metal Years active: 1996-current Current members: Tuomas Holopainen (keyboards, piano, synthesizers), Jukka Nevaleinen (drums, percussion), Emppu Vuorinen (guitars), Marco Hietala (bass, vocals), Troy Donockley (uilleann […]


Digital Beard Stroking: A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

In honor of the cresting political season, I figured I’d write an article focusing on Villains.  (Spoiler alert for the following things:Breaking Bad, Trigun, Jessica Jones, Final Fantasy VI.  If you’ve not experienced all these yet, we should probably hang out so you can catch up on some awesome TV/Video […]