Hello Freaks! I recently published my fourth book, ‘Always Moving: The Strange Multiverse of Voivod,’ — naturally, there’s incredibly detailed breakdowns of albums like Nothingface, Killing Technology, Angel Rat, The Outer Limits and Dimension Hatross and Morgoth Tales…but it also treats lower-ebb eras such as......
03 April, 2026
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
Originally intended for The Monolith, we are grateful to Radical Research enthusiast Chris Warunki for allowing us to run this interview that he conducted with Eucharist’s Markus Johnsson and Daniel Erlandsson in 2016. This stands as a supplement to our 69th episode, which focuses on......
03 August, 2021
Hippocrates mused, “Life is short, art is eternal.” The passing of four uncommonly-gifted drummers – Neil Peart, Sean Reinert, Reed Mullin, and Bill Rieflin, all amidst the doleful wilderness of this plague year – has brought life’s brevity into sharp relief. And, so, here it......
23 December, 2020