So, this is something of a shameless plug for The Goat, who promises me he will return will some prose soon. Look — I’ll get straight to it: this weekend, if you are in or around the area of Connecticut, you need to go to this show! Sleazehounds Nightbitch (featuring guitarist The Goat — a.k.a. Read More
Last night, I went down to St. Vitus in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, which is undoubtedly the coolest bar in New York, to see Sourvein and The Goat’s other band, Nightbitch. That has nothing to do with Fred Durst, I know. But I don’t care. Last night, I met The Goat’s new girlfriend, and we hit it Read More
When Satan Himself wants to get sketchy, He puts on Scorpion Violente’s Uberschleiss. The album oozes a drugged-out, sleazy 70′s Euro cinema /disco vibe that slowly possesses your erogenous zones as its metaphysical pores perspire ketamine-and-amyl-nitrate-laced semen, while writhing in the ecstasies of Black Mass orgy. Opener “Violet Revanche” (I think it means “rape and Read More
So, Seth Putnam died Saturday at the age of 43 from a heart attack. In light of this, and to honor his memory (and given The Goat’s been slacking in the column writing department), I thought I would re-run his piece from back in December, and take another look at The Goat’s encounter with the Read More
Today is a momentous day, folks. Why? Today, you can head to the end of this post and listen to the opening track from Ipsissimus’ new album. The song is called “The First Secret of Fatima” and it’s fucking awesome. Ipsissimus’ Metal Blade debut hits record stores on May 24. In my opinion, Ipsissimus is Read More
You may or may not know this, but longtime friend of Gun Shy Assassin — The Goat, who also writes the occasional column for us — is not only the guitarist for Metal Blade Records’ Ipsissimus, but he also crafts riffs for occult heavy metal sleaze band Nightbitch, which used to feature Hour of 13 Read More
Months and months ago, my buddy The Goat turned me on to Hour of 13‘s album The Ritualist. It has been on my iPod ever since and I routinely rock that shit at top volume while walking through Manhattan. It’s good walking music. You get to where you need to go fast. Well, I just Read More
So, Eyehategod are heading back out on tour next month because, according to a press release, they are “not yet satiated by the free booze and such available to them over the last few American jaunts.” We have those new dates after the jump. The tour kicks off in Seattle (one of my favorite towns) Read More
The New Haven, Connecticut-based black metal band featuring my good buddy The Goat on guitars — Ipsissimus — are currently putting the finishing touches on their Metal Blade debut, which they have named The Way of Descent. The disc will drop this spring, according to a press release. “The title aims to encapsulate the lyrical Read More
OK, while technically not from my current ‘hood, Katahdin are from Connecticut, where I spent four years of my life as an unblinking, unflinching journalist, covering crime in Hartford’s crime-riddled, drug-addled neighborhoods. While I was there, I also covered New England’s metal scene, which at that time was just starting to take off. So, yes…while Read More