I remember it like this: On one freezing and blustery winter afternoon, I took my twenty dollars and folded it into my pocket. After layering on a bunch of sweaters under my hoodie, I grabbed my discman and headed out the front door. I was still in high school at the time, and didn’t have… Continue reading Instant Gratification vs. Eventual Appreciation: A Commentary on Modern Music Culture
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Brutality, Beer and Bicycle Rides: A Review of Meshuggah, Baroness and Decapitated in NYC
The night started early, perhaps a bit too early. My plans for taking an hour nap or so before heading to my buddy Danny’s place had failed. We were both a bit beat, trying to suck down a couple of beers to wake ourselves up. The only thing that kept us going was the prospect… Continue reading Brutality, Beer and Bicycle Rides: A Review of Meshuggah, Baroness and Decapitated in NYC
The Bridge
By David Alan White Originally published on Jesus Ate My Baby. As they pulled up to the bridge, Ian’s heart was steady. His hands did not sweat or shake. His mind, however, seemed to be racing towards a heart attack. “I can’t believe I’m doing this,” he thought to himself over and over again as… Continue reading The Bridge
On Fame, Sex Shops, and Venus Doom: An Interview with Ville Valo of HIM
Originally posted to Shoutmouth Music Community in 2006. Pixie: Congratulations on debuting at #12 on the Billboard charts [with new album Venus Doom]. Ville: Thank you… Pixie: Were you expecting that kind of success to happen? Ville: Well… no. Obviously, we were hoping to get higher on the charts than with Dark Light, but you… Continue reading On Fame, Sex Shops, and Venus Doom: An Interview with Ville Valo of HIM
Dancing with a Giant Book: Review of Martin’s A Dance with Dragons
North of the Wall, a skinchanger enters a wolf’s body and gorges himself on human flesh. Thousands of miles to the south, a fourteen-year-old queen tends to three ferocious dragons in the hopes that they will win back her ancestral empire. In between, a beaten populace has more immediate concerns than wargs and winged… Continue reading Dancing with a Giant Book: Review of Martin’s A Dance with Dragons
Richard Christy: From Death in a Storage Locker to a Room with a View
Twenty-seven years ago, a Kansas farm kid named Richard heard Van Halen’s new song “Hot for Teacher” and begged his parents to buy him a drum set. Today you know that boy as Richard Christy, former drummer for Death, Iced Earth, and many more bands – and currently the drummer and primary composer for… Continue reading Richard Christy: From Death in a Storage Locker to a Room with a View
I Am Metal, Therefore I Am.
The people I most identify with are METALHEADS. I feel a brotherly love and connection to them, as biased as it may be. Nothing compares to being at a show and releasing emotion by headbanging, finger wagging and playing intricate air guitar solos. In what other context is it okay for a sweaty, fat… Continue reading I Am Metal, Therefore I Am.