Black metal probably never intended to be art. In its thrashy early stages as imagined by bands like Bathory, Venom, and Hellhammer, the goal of black metal was to be as primitive and earnestly evil […]
One can never determine exactly when a genre of music started. For ever obvious benchmark, there’s an obscure, influential one that entrenched hipsters are waiting to draw like a pistol. Kill ‘Em All? Try Overkill […]
As the ‘80s died, Slayer had to do what metal bands fear the most: be somebody. 1986’s Reign In Blood had blown everyone’s mind with its sheer speed and violence, while 1988’s South of Heaven […]
Here in the season of the dead, sanity hangs by a thread We’re descendants of the dark — give us back our one true love Manifest All Hallow’s Eve, Samhain grim, our one true love […]
“Look at all you people out there having a great goddamn time!” shouts Corey Taylor from the stage of The Forum in Los Angeles. The comment is followed by a shot of the LA venue’s […]
Dear Cardinal Tobin, My name is Chris Krovatin, and I am a resident of Mine Hill, New Jersey. I grew up Catholic in Hoboken; though I am no longer practicing, the history and traditions of […]
It’s hard to follow up an instant classic, which Black Sabbath’s 1970 self-titled debut certainly was. Armed with a guitar sound like no other, a goosebump-inducing atmosphere, and lyrics about Satan sung by a madman, […]
There are few certainties in life other than death, taxes and Mastodon’s unfailing ability to turn a simple heavy metal song into the stuff of epic lore. Since their founding 20 years ago, the Atlanta […]
In The Black Dahlia Murder‘s Majesty DVD, fans were treated to a mini-documentary that transformed the Michigan melodeath crew from onstage ear-skewerers to hilarious pot-smoking everydudes. The documentary also introduced fans to the members of Black Dahlia’s […]
In hindsight, the release date of Slayer’s God Hates Us All was sort of mind-blowing. The morning that the album dropped, two planes collided with the World Trade Center in New York City, in what […]
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