Earlier I posted a get well to Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi based on yesterday’s news that he is battling lymphoma. That got me feeling a little introspective about how much Black Sabbath...
Read MoreI’m starting to see the other side of this bug that’s had me down. I still feel like crap but each day is a little better than the last. That being the case, it’s time...
Read MoreI woke this morning to a text from Buke asking me whether I had heard that David Gold had been killed in a traffic accident. With bleary eyes I read the text and my heart dropped.
Read MoreI’m starting to see the other side of this bug that’s had me down. I still feel like crap but each day is a little better than the last. That being the case, it’s time...
Read MoreI’m starting to see the other side of this bug that’s had me down. I still feel like crap but each day is a little better than the last. That being the case, it’s time...
Read MoreI’m starting to see the other side of this bug that’s had me down. I still feel like crap but each day is a little better than the last. That being the case, it’s time...
Read MoreI received a package recently from Houston’s Venomous Maximus, and to my surprise they sent not just a CD, but a large, flat CD like object as well. Only it was black and wouldn’t fit in my CD player.
Read MoreSeven years ago today the fucking crazy bastard known as Nathan Gale snuck into the Damageplan show at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio and killed four people, including Damageplan and Pantera guitar legend “Dimebag” Darrell.
Read More“Structures Collapse” is the second EP from Swedish death metal band Humanity’s Last Breath. Apparently their first EP was deathcore in style, but lately they have moved on to a death metal...
Read MoreWelcome to the beginning of something big. If you were to trace back the lineage of all heavy metal bands you would eventually find yourself staring at Black Sabbath.
Read MoreTestimony is an unsigned progressive thrash band from the Chicago area in Illinois and they recently sent me a copy of their six-song EP called “Transcending Reality.”
Read MoreI wanted to write this up on Thanksgiving during some down-time I had in the morning, but my laptop battery died so the time was put to other use. The plan was to give thanks...
Read MoreGregorian is not normally the type of artist I would review, but because some of the songs they cover are metal in origin, and because I actually really like them, I’m going to do it anyway.
Read MoreI’ve been meaning to weigh in on this album and right now I’ve got some time while watching the Caps try to lose their first game with their new coach, so what the hell, I’ll squeeze it in.
Read MoreFootprints in the Custard is an unsigned UK band from Manchester. Formed by a group of bored college students in 2006 they play an interesting blend of punk and metal that is truly an abomination.
Read MoreVildhjarta are a Swedish band who, according to Wikipedia, play “an aggressive Meshuggah-influenced djent style, characterised by harmonic minor progressions, dissonant staccato riffs...
Read MoreConceived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and brought to fruition in San Francisco, California, Midnight Chaser rather surprised me by playing some really old school pre-thrash era metal...
Read MoreIn 2009 I picked up Vektor’s “Black Future” from the iTunes store on a whim. It was one of those new music Tuesdays where I was itching to pull the trigger on something new but...
Read MoreWhen I first saw the band name and album cover I figured Leather Nun America was going to be some lo-fi death grind band that wouldn’t interest me much. Well I’m glad I took...
Read MoreJust when you think you’ve heard the most unusual band names around, along comes HarryBigButton from Seoul, Korea. I’d like to hear the story behind how they came up with...
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