August 2009
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Down at the House of Blues, Mandalay Bay – Las Vegas
I will never quite understand why I do the things I do… perhaps I have a need to make things difficult…or just like things to be extra special. I decided I needed to break up the monotony of life in Northern Virginia (which everyone needs to do from time to time, regardless of where they [...]
The Black Dahlia Murder follows up mayhem fest with a headlining tour
That’s right, those crazy motherfuckers are headlining a tour to immediately follow up mayhem festival. I just saw them at Blossom when mayhem came through, and I must say that among every single band there they were at the very least in the top 2, and the only reason I say that is because Job [...]
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Emmure – Felony [Review]
Two reviews in two days?! Yes, yes it is. Ok, so after my January review of Emmure’s The Respect Issue, I had high hopes for their August release Felony. After scrapping several long-winded, angry rants, I decided ultimately to just keep this review short and sweet: “What the fuck.” It should have been a *felony* [...]
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Hester Prynne reviewed in 7 messages
So Butters and I were on AIM chatting about the usual, pirate ships, ink, metal, blah blah blah. I mentioned that I had finally gotten around to listening to a few bands, one of which was Hester Prynne, and he asked: <butters> hows Hester Prynne? <butters> never listened to them <Chris> Hmm, an interesting mix [...]
Behemoth’s Evangelion makes Satan look hot
An amalgamation of orchestral warm-up and the gateway to hell opening, the death riders known as Behemoth crawl out of the depths… “Hear the word of the lord!” he cries… the Dark Lord. God I love Behemoth. Their ninth studio release Evangelion will be released upon the world August 11th and as I sit with [...]