Matt Pike in Rehab – A Letter to Matt Pike
Matt Pike in Rehab – A Letter to Matt Pike (From Jim: As all you metal heads know, Matt Pike is currently in rehab. Here is a letter to Matt Pike, from Rob Delaney (it can be found originally here.)...
View ArticleFriday Metal – Votnut
Votnut I have XM radio in my truck and occasionally I will turn it on the Liquid Metal station (channel 40, I believe). What a mess. Out of 40 songs, 1 or 2 might be worth a shit. if that is what is...
View ArticleNew PR and Music Update
New PR and Music Update Last week, I shit the bed, metaphorically speaking. Training just decide to loosen my pucker and push out a huge pile of awful. It happens and luckily I have a huge ego and...
View ArticleCattlepress – Hordes to Abolish the Divine
Cattlepress – Hordes to Abolish the Divine With one of the greatest album titles in history, Cattlepress delivered an unsung slab of riff-heavy metal/hardcore/sludge. I bought this CD at a show in...
View ArticleDivider – All Barren
The best way to describe this band is a pint-sized Neurosis and I mean that in the best way possible. Neurosis are the standard for creating monstrous songs – going from light to dark, crushing to...
View ArticleLord Mantis – Death Mask
So how does Lord Mantis follow up 2012′s Pervertor? An album that’s contents are as sick, twisted and heavy as the cover art? By upping the ante on everything and creating Death Mask. Lord Mantis take...
View ArticleS.V.R. II and Water Torture
One of the favorite 5/3/1 set/rep variations from the Beyond book was S.V.R. I believe this new version greatly improves on the original S.V.R. Like always, I experimented with a few different...
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Weekend Nachos/Like Rats
By now, just about everyone into extreme music knows the band with odd moniker: Weekend Nachos. From the Chicago area, Weekend Nachos is a blend of power-violence, hardcore and grindcore. WN has...
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Generation of Vipers
Every so often I hear new music and I like it. But very rarely anymore does that music stick and latch onto my brain and the soul. Pyramids did that this year, offering the an album that totally...
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Justin Greaves: From Sludge to End Time Ballads
To say Iron Monkey was a part of my college experience is an understatement. I was lucky to be part of the “first wave of sludge” – Eyehategod, Floor, Cavity, Grief, 13, Buzzoven, Corrupted,...
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