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As I Lay Dying – The Powerless Rise
I credit As I Lay Dying with practically single-handedly pulling me back into metal. After college I went headfirst into my internship 40-50 hours a week and spent the rest of my time trying to make ends meet working morning shifts fulltime at Starbucks. I all but ignored new music in general, instead closing my [...]
Mastodon @ The National
Sunday night, my metal contemporary-and-friend Suzy and I approached the doors of The National in Richmond, VA. “Hi! I should be on the guestlist…?” Two texts, a phone call, a handing-of-my-phone-over-to-the-nice-smiling-chica-running-the-will-call-office-who-then-handed-the-phone-to-her-boss…. And we were in. (New town and a newer venue for me to frequent… you never know if it’s going to come through or [...]
Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza – Sounds Like They Still Rule
Here in my hand I hold one of the MANY bottles of Crown Royal downed the first time I met the dudes in Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, (during a hostile takeover – anyone remember those?! – with Despised Icon.) That pic is just a glimpse – Danza knows how to have a good time. Oh, [...]
update
Hey so… so far 2010 has been relatively uneventful. Blame snowpocalypse… I do. Haha… sigh. Ok, so metal is not revving our engines right now… I know it’s just a drought. I, in fact, have plans to see Unearth in Richmond in two weekends, and Mastodon in April. The Mayhem lineup is looking, um, interesting [...]
“hold tight, I just might, fast women are slowing me down…”
I think I’m in love. I can’t say I’ve enjoyed an album more in 2010 than Bangers, the Metal Blade debut from Montreal’s Barn Burner. Since it’s only the end of January, that statement may sound like a backhanded compliment – make no mistake: Barn Burner is the shit. I foresee these dudes quickly rising [...]
He Is Never Coming Back – Gaza
Can I say I was tickled pink when I heard Gaza was coming out with a new album? I get all kinds of worked up over brutal, sludgy doom metal and I can’t think of a band that does it better right now than Gaza. Perhaps you guys remember me playing “Slutmaker” off of 2006’s [...]
Dying Fetus – Descend Into Depravity
I’m overworked and overplayed but the new Dying Fetus is not. Stamp of approval, although it’s not as brutal as I was thinking it would be and I find myself getting a little bored and slightly annoyed at some of the guitar work… I guess I’m still not much of a guitar solo kind of [...]
