Now this is a hell of a way to end the week. Today, we’re bringing you an exclusive song stream from a black metal band out of New England called Autolatry. The track itself, as you will see, kicks serious ass, which might be a solid indicator of what their upcoming, independently-released LP will sound Read More
Not that anyone wanted or needed this, but yeah…some dude named Jessie has taken a wretched, unlistenable Taylor Swift pop tune and turned it into something not as offensive to my elitist ears. Pierre, a longtime reader, sent me a link to the Taylor Swift cover, of a song called “Trouble.” He does the vocals. Read More
I love it when scholarly types get together to deeply analyze metal as a genre. I just think there’s better things to do with my time. Like masturbate. Or sleep. Or anything else. Yet, the inaugural “Heavy Metal And Popular Culture” conference was nevertheless held in early April at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Read More
So, all week, I’ve been trying to subtly promote this radio show that I will be hosting tomorrow night on the limited airwaves of my alma matter, the State University of New York at Oneonta. That’s right, folks. I am going back to my old college town in UpState New York after 15 years away, Read More
I could have told you that. I am the fucking epitome of depression. I’m miserable, but good fuck, do I love metal. Now, someone’s gone and wasted money on a study about music and depression, and the findings are jaw-dropping. Researchers have found that “significantly higher levels of anxiety and depression” exists “among listeners of Read More
Some bands claim to sound like Meshuggah and don’t. Others don’t claim to sound like Meshuggah, but do. We live in a weird world. To the best of my knowledge, Avolation are not one of those bands who portend to sound like Meshuggah. But they do. They actually sound like a lot of awesome bands, Read More
If you’re a lover of straight-up, balls-to-the-wall heavy metal that touches upon everything there is you love about the genre, holy fuck do I have a band for you. The other day, I was introduced to the band and was given the chance to listen to their self-released sophomore LP, In the Shadow of Swords, Read More
I know it’s not breaking fucking news, but Arsis did release a lyric video today. You can see that video at the end of this post. If you want. They’re not the most exciting things in the world, lyric videos. In fact, I usually don’t post about these lyric videos. But this one’s from Arsis, Read More
That’s just what we need. While I appreciate and support the courage of Ai Weiwei, we don’t need a metal record from the Chinese dissident and countercultural artist. But Reuters reports it’s happening anyways. It will be called Divina Commedia, after the poem by Italian poet Dante.
We’ve reached out to our metal and hard rock brethren across the land, asking that they contribute prose to our recent series of guest columns. We ran a recent series on Five Albums That Will Change You, and the response was overwhelming. The new topic is Three Bands You May Not Know About But Should, Read More