If the world were an ‘80s movie, the only band out there would be Midnight. Dressed in black hoods and bullet belts, the Ohio-based speed metal trio perform galloping lo-fi anthems to flashing switchblades, wearing chains, lurking around alleys, and bedding dangerous women — all the things parents believed heavy metal was about during the great Satanic Panic. That cutthroat approach and ownership of old-school tropes elevated them to underground acclaim on 2012’s Satanic Royalty, and has made them a favorite of grinning degenerates from all corners of extreme music. Sadly, Midnight don’t live in the apocalyptic wasteland of Heavy Metal Magazine, but they come from the real-world equivalent: Cleveland. “Being a Clevelander, you’ve already got a couple of pegs a...
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