I don’t mind having a dabble (or two!) with some AI (Artificial Intelligence) drawing apps. Sometimes the results are spectacular. In actual fact, all the art for the Murders In The Rue Morgue Vol III album have been AI created. (Believe it or not as the art looks spectacular!) Anyway, feeding the prompt “devil holding […]
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Metallica 72 Seasons The Rue Morgue Records Review
by John Raptis onShot down, traumaticTime haunted by the past When your back catalogue of music contains arguably the greatest Metal album of all time, is it any wonder that everything you do will always be judged (harshly) against that. And that is disappointing because since said greatest Metal album, 1986’s Master Of Puppets, that vast majority of […]
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The Number Of The Beast Turns 40!
by John Raptis onEnglish heavy metal group Iron Maiden outside the Island Queen pub in Islington, London, 1982. Back row, left to right: singer Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith. Front row, left to right: bassist Steve Harris, drummer Clive Burr and guitarist Dave Murray. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images) In The Mist Dark Figures Move And Twist! [...] Continue Reading -
Metallica Announce New Album!
by John Raptis onStraight from Metallica HQ the world woke up to some HUGE news: Yes, you read that correctly... we have completed recording at HQ, and our 12th studio album is coming your way! It’s been six years since Hardwired…To Self Destruct, so we think it’s about time for some new music. With 12 tracks totaling over [...] Continue Reading -
Pulling The Trigger For 45 Years! Love Gun Anniversary
by John Raptis onYou know, the term 'old bastard' gets thrown in my direction a few times, but when you got to be a child in the Seventies, you can throw any name at me you like... the Seventies were the BEST times to be a kid. No contest! Social Media and the internet were all years away [...] Continue Reading -
What’s Cooking In The Morgue?
by John Raptis onWhat's the buzz, tell me what's happening! Winter has surely hit us hard in the Southern Hemisphere! Well, as hard as a Australian winter can hit I guess. And the colder months find us all at Rue Morgue Records facing an extremely busy period. Both the online store and the record label are experiencing a [...] Continue Reading -
So Who Made You The A&R Man?
by John Raptis onWhilst putting together the compilation albums we are doing at Rue Morgue Records, with every campaign we usually get 50-60 bands who send through their music. Which is great! I love getting the opportunity to hear stuff I otherwise would not have. The most disappointing aspect of this process tho, is telling a band that [...] Continue Reading -
Faith No More’s The Real Thing! A Real Masterpiece!
by John Raptis onIt was a Friday night sometime in 1989. I was visiting the boys at Metal For Melbourne which had become a weekly ritual in that year. They unpacked a bunch of new stuff that had come in and out of the cardboard box came a record called The Real Thing by Faith No More. "Who [...] Continue Reading -
The Twenty Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time
by John Raptis onWhere does one begin? Seriously, how does one even begin to compile such a list? I have thought about this many, many times over the course of several years and I end up frustrating the hell out of myself! I try to think back over a lifetime of listening to music and break it all […]
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