Samhain: Speedy Delivery from Denmark
Samhain were the dark children of Mercyful Fate, Celtic Frost, Master, and the entire experience of the demo-trading universe. The band was comprised of...
Oink-less Pork on Your Plate?
Welcome to the science fiction world of future sausage...the amusing illustration above comes from a story I just wrote for Popular Mechanics about lab-grown...
1ST LISTEN: Shining, V: Halmstad (8/10)
The litany of abusive, nasty Swedish black metal continues. In the two years since the near-masterpiece IV: The Eerie Cold, Shining has provoked the...
Insaniac: If the Straightjacket fits…
Hailing from the same New Jersey gutters that spawned Overkill, Blessed Death, Hades and then Blood Feast, Insaniac were mid-80s thrash nuts with an...
Immortal @ Inferno 2007
A true Easter resurrection! Here's Immortal last Good Friday night in Oslo doing "Unholy Forces of Evil" complete with hair fan, dangerous flameburst and...
Holy Truck!
Japanese Dekotura -- "decorated truck" -- culture proves the Decepticons won the war. Now you can move into a new neighborhood in a vehicle...
Porn Orchard: Savor Forbidden Fruit
Not exactly brutal thrashing madness, Porn Orchard were an Athens, GA, hardcore band marching under the Black Flag banner, with great lyrics about social...
Brian Walsby’s Got You Pegged
Comic artist Brian Walsby could be the Jack T. Chick of American hardcore punk and the shaggy tendrils that came out of it --...
"Motörhead" Puppets
Is this supposed to be the Orgasmatron-era line-up doing "Ace of Spades"?
Thanks to Tim from 310!
THE RODS – Cortland, NY 2005 Reunion
Long-overdue evidence here of the ear-shattering Winter 2005 hometown reunion gig by The Rods, featuring Ronnie Dio's cousin Rock Feinstein on guitar and vocals,...
Tony Iommi Signed My ’73 Gibson SG Special
I had a chance to have Tony Iommi, grand wizard of the horned Gibson, sign my battered SG last year, but I passed. I...
Incinerator: Hot Hot Heat
Global warming and 100-degree weather in the city this summer doesn't seem so bad compared to being incinerated and cremated for an eternity in...
Holy Terror: Lords of All Terror and Plagues
Here's a sure sign of a rescue mission -- when I popped this cassette from its case, the label flew off the tape with...
Anvil Bitch: Worst…Band…Name…Ever…
I know that's not exactly a raging recommendation, but for a time it seemed every banger on the block except me was shaking their...
Insecticide: Buggery & Thrashcore
Jetting along with punky speed thrash in the vein of RKL, Blacktask, and hometown heroes Slayer, INSECTICIDE is a textbook example of the 1987...
Defcon: Welcome to Demo-Lition…
The underpinnings of much of heavy metal's past are rotting away on cassette demo tapes, and we're here to help. Let the rare punk...
