Toner Rock’s Vanguard wakes up after two decades
‘The Sciences’ is another masterpiece from Sleep. The six songs on the album last 53 minutes; but, more important, it’s an album you can like instantly even without the aid of a bong For a second or...
View ArticleMorbid Angel's 'Covenant': How the Band's Major Label Debut Raised the Bar...
In 1992, music-industry legend Irving Azoff went out for ice cream with Gunter Ford, manager of the Florida death-metal band Morbid Angel, to discuss a possible signing. "The actual negotiations took...
View ArticleAlbum Of The Week: Jesus Piece Only Self
Hardcore, as originally conceived, was a singles genre. Bands wrote songs short enough that they could fit six or eight of them on one 7″, compressing their ideas into tiny and potent bursts of rage....
View ArticleMastodon, Gojira review: Wild, woolly and very loud
first published at 2:03pm Mastodon/Gojira Luna Park Big Top, March 26 ★★★½ Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds. The Church of Metal is a broad one, and there are some shared themes between touring partners...
View ArticleLiving up to their metal
When you’re Gojira, one of the metal world’s most revered bands for their unsparing brutal brand of death, groove and experimental metal, there’s certainly a lot of pressure to prove yourself. The band...
View ArticleZeal and Ardor: meet the black metal bluesman who brands his fans
The musician’s merch table is, to most people, the place where you buy T-shirts, albums and ephemera. At a big arena show there might be grotesquely overpriced satin jackets, or other such tat. The...
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