Since it first climbed out of rock and roll’s primordial ooze, metal has been wary of what it considers the ultimate transgressor: the poser, someone who dresses metal and/or talks about the genre as if […]
When we first reported on Brass Against frontwoman Sophia Urista peeing on a willing fan onstage, our thoughts were, Right on. Rock and metal music have always been about freaking out the squares — this […]
For the longest time, there were two classes of metal drummer: flashy and technical. In the former were the Tommy Lees and the Alex Van Halens, dudes whose abilities behind the kit included a lot […]
In the early ‘90s, death metal was an arms race. The battle of faster-louder-grosser was being fought along America’s East Coast and on the streets of Gothenburg and Stockholm. But just as important as the […]
In the world of hard rock and heavy metal, live albums don’t always land well, simply because recorded music can’t replicate the incredible power one feels surging to the front row in a tidal wave […]
It’s easy to draw a hard line between genres and cultures within music. People feel comfortable with these divisions because it allows them to put themselves on one side or another — aggressive or sensitive, […]
When Davey Calabrese arrives to our interview, he has fangs. A cross of blood is smeared on his forehead. Behind him hums a blacklit altar to all things late-show monster movie, right down to the […]
There will never be another band like Slayer. With their blazing thrash riffs, their psychologically-horrific themes, and their unparalleled live show, the California thrash four-piece paved the way for any band who wanted to make […]
Yesterday, it was revealed that Dave Ellefson, founding bassist of thrash metal titans Megadeth, was dropped from the band following a pretty lurid scandal. A series of sexual text messages surfaced involving Ellefson and a […]
Yesterday, the world reeled to discover that after a long hiatus, culture-destroying death metallers Dethklok were finally returning to the public. Late-night animation network Adult Swim officially confirmed that Brendon Small’s ode to all things […]
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