Critical Hit Parader
Matt ThompsonWeekly content on the intersection of music and tabletop roleplaying games.
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The Band Who Met in a Medieval History Class
Earlier this year, folk rock band Albion released the album It Was In The Month Of May. I think the band’s music will appeal to fans of Jethro Tull’s late-1970s trilogy of folk albums (Songs from the Wood, Heavy Horses, and Stormwatch).*...
Crown Lands Want to Live in Rivendell or the Shire
Crown Lands are a progressive rock duo (yes, a duo!) who earlier this released an ambitious concept album called Apocalypse. The press materials describe the album as “designed as a complete, album sides narrative experience, crafted with t...
Minutemen, Richard Meltzer, Colonial Gothic, & Dungeon Cynth
I had the pleasure of being a guest on John Alapick’s music YouTube channel to discuss a band that is very important to me…the Minutemen. The San Pedro, CA group was made up of D. Boon (guitar, singing), Mike Watt (bass, singing), and Georg...
John Blanche Tribute - White Dwarf Flexi-Disc from Sabbat
John Blanche passed away at the beginning of this month. He was an artist who made a major impact on the miniatures and roleplaying games hobbies. He also played a minor but interesting role in the British heavy metal scene of the 1980s.
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Battlesnake Killed Satan | Leatherwitch's "Heroes and the Dice"
Last month the band Leatherwitch released their debut album called First Spell, which features a Dungeons & Dragons-inspired song called “Heroes and the Dice.” This Metal Underground article described the tune as “packed with speed metal ri...
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I publish Critical Hit Parader, which focuses on the intersection of music & tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs). I am a panelist on the Contrarians YouTube channel, and I record music under the name The MT Promise (mtpromise.com).
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