Every time I hear the word deliverance, I think about this guy and the glorious 2002 Opeth masterpiece Deliverance. Now, I will also think of Grant Petty, the Norse-looking lead singer of California’s The Deliverance who — at times, on record — would remind you of GlassJaw’s Daryl Palumbo, and even Mike Patton. Now that Read More
Steven “Thunderbird” Funderburk has long, luscious metal hair. It’s the kind of hair I’ve tried to grow for years, to no avail. Me? My hair reaches a certain point and just stops growing. And then I end up looking like a heathen for two months, no girls look at me, and I ended up breaking Read More
On Tuesday, Zakk Wylde — leader of the Black Label Society — sat down somewhere to do a conference call with a bunch of writers, myself included. Of course, Zakk was taking time out of his busy day being a bad-ass to talk to all of us about Order of the Black, which drops next Read More
You’d think a gal like Maria Brink gets hit on constantly. I mean, look at her! But the singer for In This Moment never gets approached by dudes anymore. Her band is three albums into it’s career, dominating on this summer’s RockStar Energy Mayhem Festival, and, a few weeks back, debuted at #40 on Billboard’s Read More
Trivett Wingo is an awesome dude. He’s dangerously candid when he speaks, but that means he’s also brutally funny. The drummer for Austin, Texas-prog metal outfit The Sword (who I have been behind since the beginning, mind you) tells it like it is, with vivid descriptions and detail. Take his answer to one of my Read More
Earlier this year, we learned that, because of years of headbanging, Slayer frontman Tom Araya had to undergo radical neck surgery. The procedure repaired the damage, but there was some bad news: Tom can no longer headbang. Imagine that? One of headbanging’s pioneers can no longer engage in such rocking out. It’s sad and a Read More
There are some dudes who — you can tell just by looking at ‘em — get laid like carpet. Sicarus guitarist Kenny “The Mad Scotsman” is one of those dudes. I mean, he looks like he stepped off of the pages of a Chippendales calendar. I’d totally have that kind of physique if I lifted Read More
Last week, I learned something that disturbed me, but only slightly. I am wondering if this bothers anyone else. So, recently, a metal magazine (that rhymes with evolver) shot some more metal broads for its annual spread of metal hotties, and one of them was Layla Brooklyn Allman from Picture Me Broken, who is only Read More
Whenever Satanic bands roll through Middle America on tour, they’re often met by Christian radicals, protesting their presence in their Bible-belt town. I think we should have Satanists picket outside Norma Jean or Underoath shows, just to give it back to ‘em a little bit. Jonathan Vigil from The Ghost Inside supports my campaign to Read More
When I went to see Faith No More both nights in Brooklyn, I spotted a whole bunch of hotties. Unfortunately, they were all there with bigger, more stout dudes than I, and so my hopes of meeting my future wife at a Faith No More show (how awesome a story would that be?) were dashed. Read More