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Friday metal night at Middle East Upstairs was a hoot and a holler; local stoners Leather Lung are putting the finishing mixes on their soon-to-be released record and road tested some of the songs last night, all bathed in the psychedelic glow courtesy of The Dregs Liquid Light Show. The verdict? ...
As record labels and radio channels get more irrelevant and the DIY tools to grow your base are ever expanding, Rochester’s King Buffalo have taken that strategy to heart. I’m not sure if they book their own tours, but they put out all their own recordings and handle the publicity ...
Not many performers have the vocal range or theatrical flair that King Diamond has, a self-avowed Satanist that (along with Alice Cooper and Kiss) influenced a large forest-full of Scandinavian metal bands to streak their faces with black and white paint. After Mercyful Fate sputtered to an ...
Despite the relentless churn of technology, cast as some sort of advancement to our lifestyles, humans have not stopped yearning for simpler times. Camping, hunting, fishing, communing with your fellow man, jumping off the grid for as long as possible – all of these things have and never ...
Converge has been a lot of things and a common thread is a strong current of collaboration. If you looked at a Pete Frame-type family tree, it would be a small forest with all ...
I gotta say that against all odds (like Iggy Pop odds), not only is Al Jourgensen still alive but he’s pretty fucking vibrant. Heading into town with re-vamped tour mates ...
Mass guitar great raps about rocking with Cave In, Converge, Quicksand, and Mutoid Man
Do you like your doom metal with a heavy ladleful of occultism and leather-clad biker imagery? How about with a cannabis cloud that could suffocate a small village? Scores of battlevests were seen massing around the streets of Worcester last Friday in anticipation of a rare Stateside performance ...
The metal trio talks Jawbreaker, advice from the Melvins, and the therapeutic effects of chopping wood.
