The more I listen to new releases, the more I realize how quickly the U.S. scene has taken back the respect it had so woefully lost only a few short years ago. Yes, the scene has always been vibrant in the underground, but when fans in this country wanted quality metal on the heavier side, [...]
There are many blogging sitemaps out there, but most you fill find, have a fairly shitty selection. It seems many of these sites are more concerned in either increasing ad revenue, or by just outnumbering the their competition by accepting every tom, dick and harry into their lists. Who wants to sort through shitloads of [...]
Recently we had the opportunity to interview Alexis, the lead singer of Straight Line Stitch in which she divulged their work on the music video for “Black Veil”, a new song featured on their upcoming album When Skies Wash Ashore. I am now happy to report, that the video has been officially released, and what [...]
So as I’m sure everyone knows who browses the Internet for cool new bands, Metal-Archives is the joint to find anything you ever wanted to know about almost any band imaginable (at least those that “they” consider metal). Today while cruising through the website, I decided to check out my latest obsession in Protest the [...]
Anyone who has ventured into any “counter culture” strongholds (aka anywhere where patchouli permeates the air), will have surely heard the This is the Song That Never Ends by bands like Phish, Deep Banana Blackout and other jam bands. However, one widely known act, Widespread Panic, who are legends of the scene, decided to [...]
Alright, alright, I’ll admit it…the site hasn’t been updated as much this month as I had hoped it would be with it being thrash month and all. I never thought I’d get sick of posting everything and anything concerning thrash, but I did…I got bored. I am a horrible person, I know! As the thrash [...]
1. Abomination – Tragedy Strikes (1991)
Fairly bare bones, uninspiring thrash from these Chicago natives, which I think has a lot to do with the fact that sloppy production values, sloppy musicianship and horrible vocal sound effects are quite prevalent across the board. Despite this being released by preeminent metal label Nuclear Blast, Tragedy Strikes [...]
In all aspects of life, good things must be spoiled by the corrupted. This is the sad state of reality with the human race; past, present and future. No where else in the realm of music is this expressed more than in heavy metal. If there is an emotion, in particular the negative and raw [...]
Reactivated late ’80s/early ’90s Corpus Christi, Texas thrashers Devastation will play their first live show in 17 years this Saturday, June 21 at the Meridian in Houston, Texas. The “Summer Monster Metal Showcase” event will be hosted by Mistress Juliya (former Fuse TV VJ).
Devastationplayed its last live show on August 8, 1991 at Joe’s Garage [...]
*Sigh* Yes, I know, that was pretty God awful, but not as bad as the chosen title for Metallica’s new album. According to the former thrashers, the new title will be DEATH MAGNETIC. That’s right, you read that correctly. Death magnetic. Can you imagine popping that puppy into your CD player? Oh wait, you haven’t [...]
