Listening Lately: Scissorfight, Year of the Cobra, and More

The Corolla of Doom has been traded in for the Forester of Doom, but the burned CDs will never be replaced.  Here’s what I’ve been listening to in my car lately… If House of A Thousand Corpses and Sons of Anarchy got into a scissor fight at a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert, it would sound like… … Continue reading Listening Lately: Scissorfight, Year of the Cobra, and More

Women of Doom: Questions and Answers

A discussion of women in the heavy music scene is often a careful one.  Are we beyond the days of “woman guitar player” and “female fronted bands,” or not?  Do those distinctions still serve a purpose, and does it matter who’s making them? Enter Women of Doom. Organized primarily by two men, Brad Frye of… Continue reading Women of Doom: Questions and Answers

Listening Lately: MOTHER FEATHER, YEAR OF THE COBRA, 1476, and DUST PROPHET

We’re barely into November and it’s already a great month for music!  As the days grow shorter, I’ll decorate with sound to raise my spirits…. …and Mother Feather is the perfect band to combat the end of daylight savings time.  This Brooklyn outfit is by far the most colorful band on Metal Blade, and probably… Continue reading Listening Lately: MOTHER FEATHER, YEAR OF THE COBRA, 1476, and DUST PROPHET