Fates Warning’s compelling 13-album discography, from debut Night on Brocken to final album Long Day Good Night, is the very essence of progressive heavy metal music. Founded in 1983 in Connecticut by five ambitious youngsters, the band matured, evolved and shifted through one of the most fascinating evolutions in the genre.
Soul on Fire is a comprehensive look into the public and private of one of music’s most complex and provocative figures. From the savage early days of Carnivore to his demigod status in the platinum-selling Type O Negative, Peter Steele’s unique creative vision was unsurpassed. From his days in Catholic school to his fuzz-drenched bass guitar tone and vampiric baritone voice; from the heyday of ’80s-era New York hardcore all the way to the sensual Playgirl spread of 1995, Peter Steele left an indelible mark on his fans and a black eye on pop culture. Soul On Fire tells the story that can no longer be left untold.
If Radical Research exists to dissect the most esoteric and weird and unique recordings in the spheres of rock and metal, then we are sorely overdue to feature the singular debut by Type O Negative. ‘Slow, Deep and Hard’ began life as Repulsion’s one and......
25 July, 2025
This was an unplanned conversation about an unplanned, unexpected, shocking event in our lives. It’s just Hunter and I talking about a dear friend that recently passed, one of our own leaving earthly bonds. And in our reveries and remembrances we left out so much:......
07 July, 2025
When God decides to record his first metal album, he will be disappointed to remember that Obliveon already recorded its masterpiece, Nemesis, in the Year of Our Lord, 1993. On its latest episode, Radical Research conducts a much-belated investigation of the first two albums by......
24 June, 2025
Norwegian vocalist Gaahl is a man who we deeply admire…his work with Gorgoroth and Trelldom, in particular, has a special place in the blackest ventricles of our hearts. Same, too, for his band Gaahls Wyrd, In our initial listens to the band’s freshly-released (as of......
19 June, 2025
Restless creative spirit Mat Kvohst McNerney has been roaming esoteric realms since the mid ’90s, giving voice to a wide variety of bands, be it the international collective Code, Norweird supernovas Dodheimsgard, the Beastmilk/Grave Pleasures hauntings, and the incomparable Hexvessel, We feature these projects and......
28 May, 2025
by words/interview by Fallow Heart Nature is both incredibly elegant and remarkably protean. Nudging one atom from its alignmentinto an ever-so-slightly heterogeneous position can result in an entirely different molecule, onethat demonstrates wild new shapes and possibilities. Never mind that, barring a slight shufflingof their......
06 March, 2025
As supplement to Radical Research #103, on Dead Horse’s Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers album, we present a variety of impressions gathered by the inimitable Forrest Pitts aka Fallow Heart. ...
13 November, 2023
Our fellow freak, Fallow Heart (aka Forrest Pitts), offers what we feel is the definitive Paul Masvidal interview. We're honored he has granted Radical Research exclusivity on this tremendous insight into one of metal's most important artists. ...
29 June, 2023
Our 81st episode circled around the works of drummer Dave Murray, surveying Estradasphere, (Deserts of) Traun, Tholus and Sculptured. Here, we dig into Murray’s mind in further efforts to discover what makes this all tick. And we will say this yet again: Dave Murray is......
03 August, 2022
by Hunter Ginn Since 1970, heavy metal has courted a relationship with apocalypse, but outsiders to the genre often miss the complex ways in which metal engages with fear. The genre’s most innovative and lethal artists have mapped out geographies of psychic terror, wherein imaginative......
17 May, 2022