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Craig Hartranft

Imminent Sonic Destruction - Recurring ThemesIf Imminent Sonic Destruction is upon you, then what should you expect? Some form of extreme metal, possibly death, black, or hardcore metal or, possibly some amalgam of all? Or not. The creation of Detroit guitar wizard Tony Piccoli, Imminent Sonic Destruction is a modern progressive metal band, which also features some of the Motor City’s finest musicians. Notable is former Tiles drummer Pat DeLeon.

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I’ve updated my latest and greatest chili recipe. If you like your chili savory, spicy, and with better than average heat, you’re gonna love this revised addition.

I’ve integrated Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce for extra heat and a wonderful aromatic smoky flavor.

The chipotle peppers can be found in the ethnic or specialty section of your favorite grocer. All it takes is one pepper, about a tablespoon, minced and mixed with tomato paste to add savory flavor to the chili. If you want to add more, then go for it. You will not be disappointed if you love savory and spicy chili.

Here’s Craig’s newly updated Chili recipe.

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Wolfen - Chapter IVGerman heavy metal is alive and well with Wolfen and their appropriately titled fourth full-length disc, Chapter IV. The genius of Wolfen is that they effortlessly combine elements of traditional heavy, power, and speed metal in a melodic wrapper. Yet, fundamentally, this is ‘true’ metal, with little compromise.

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The Old Man and the Spirit, ambitious progressive metal debut from Germany’s Beyond the Bridge

19 January 2012 Entertainment

Here’s a few words of first impression of Beyond the Bridge’s debut The Old Man and the Spirit: ambitious, grand, and sweeping. The work is a monolith, from concept to music, of progressive metal from this young German band. Be forewarned: several spins are required to grasp the scope of The Old Man and the [...]

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DC4 offers great American hard rock on Electric Ministry

29 August 2011 American Culture

DC4 resurrects and reinvigorates their roots by preaching the gospel of hard rock on their third release Electric Ministry. Wanting to get the Nineties out their system, DC4 chose to focus on guitar rock, add some serious metal attitude, and essentially turn the knobs to eleven. (You may not have heard of DC4, so here’s [...]

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Seven new music reviews added to Dangerdog Music Reviews

11 April 2011 Entertainment

Seven new music reviews have been added this week to Dangerdog Music Reviews. Reviews include the forthcoming releases from The Poodles, the reformed King Kobra, Enbound, Conflicted, Faithsedge, and Solar Fragment. There’s also a review of the debut album, Adventures in Chaos, from Canadian power trio Tools of Creation, a platter of melodic heavy rock. [...]

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2010 Album of the Year: Treat’s Coup de Grace, a melodic rock masterpiece

25 December 2010 American Culture

The reviewers at Dangerdog Music Reviews agree on one thing: Treat’s Coup de Grace is a fantastic AOR/Melodic Rock ‘treat.’ As Miguel said Coup de Grace is ‘proof that AOR doesn’t suck.’ KJ Stel adds: ‘it might well be their best album to date.’ This is an amazing and entertaining platter of melodic rock. Treat’s [...]

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My picks for the best music of 2010: a short list of 25 outstanding albums

20 December 2010 American Culture

Once again, as last year, I skimmed the review archives, quickly picked 25 favorites (I could have picked another 25 more) and listed them in no particular order. New this year: I’ve added pithy comments, that is, if you read the full article at Dangerdog Music Reviews. And if you venture there, you’ll get the [...]

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Terrific, unconventional and entertaining prog rock: Tetrafusion’s Altered State

4 October 2010 American Culture

Louisiana-based Tetrafusion scored big with their self-released debut Absolute Zero, a satisfying work of instrumental progressive metal. Prog critics and fans were uniformly impressed by this young musical depth and maturity. The praise was well deserved. Now signed to Nightmare Records, Tetrafusion returns with Altered State, and things are about to get interesting. Without adding [...]

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