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Reverend's Bazaar - A Post-Pirate Era?

No, we're not writing a premature obituary for Swashbuckle and Alestorm (or Blackguard , for that matter , but it's not clear if they're supposed to be pirates or gigolos). Although gimmick metal should feel free to take a bath in hydrochloric...

Published Tue, Jan 24 2012 12:50 PM by Rev

Filed under: Skeletonwitch, Goatwhore, Lamb of God, Nile, The Black Dahlia Murder, Christian Mistress, False, Iron Reagan, Wildernessking, Hour of Penance, Dark Funeral, Sol Invicto

Those Whom the Gods Detest Tour Pt. II

It was a feverish Thursday evening when a large portion of the Balkan Metal World gathered for what was certainly one of the heavy metal events of the year – a concert, or a mini-fest we could say, consisting of five bands: Darkrise , Zonaria ,...

Published Wed, Feb 23 2011 6:31 PM by TheSlayerM

Filed under: Nile, Melechesh, Zonaria, Dew Scented, Darkrise

TUSKA Diaries: Sunday 7.4.2010

For your average dickface-cum-festivalgoer the third and final day at Tuska is not usually that much about resurrection of biblical proportions. In lieu of getting a new life or a chance to wipe the slate clean, the rising sun will most probably roll...

Published Fri, Aug 20 2010 4:27 AM by Juho

Filed under: Cannibal Corpse, Nile, Megadeth, Juho Mikkonen, Melissa Zappa, Tuska Open Air, Bloodbath, Torture Killer, W.A.S.P.

TUSKA Diaries: Saturday 7.3.2010

As the first day of the revelry finally culminated in Devin Townsend ’s mesmerizing Ziltoid -spectacle, our quartet of first-string journalism was well on its way to reach objectionable levels of self-imposed intoxication. In a delirium-fueled omnipotence...

Published Fri, Aug 6 2010 4:29 AM by Juho

Filed under: Nile, Devin Townsend, Juho Mikkonen, Melissa Zappa, Tuska Open Air, Survivors Zero, FM2000, Bloodbath

TUSKA Diaries: Friday 7/2/2010

For the uninitiated: Tuska Open Air is the biggest and oldest running extreme metal festival in Finland. By no means am I trying to say that it’s also the most beautiful or that it hauls, year after year, the most exciting line-up conceivable for...

Published Fri, Jul 30 2010 6:00 AM by Juho

Filed under: Cannibal Corpse, Nile, Devin Townsend, Megadeth, Juho Mikkonen, Ihsahn, Ziltoid, Melissa Zappa, Tuska Open Air, Overkill, W.A.S.P

Getting the Most Out of Your Metal: a Louisville Case Study

This past Sunday I woke with a touch of hangover and a sharp ache in my neck. Going out on a limb, I'll assume that many of you have an intimate familiarity with these symptoms. Either I got drunk and fell asleep awkwardly on my couch, or I got drunk...

Published Mon, Feb 15 2010 10:54 AM by zach

Filed under: Nile, Immolation, Krisiun

Chris McDonald's Top 20 of 2009

2009 was kind of an unusual year for me metal-wise. In addition to going through a pretty significant non-metal phase for several months, this year saw so many classic bands either reforming or releasing new material after a long break that I felt like...

Published Mon, Jan 4 2010 4:13 PM by Chris McDonald

Filed under: Gorgoroth, Absu, Municipal Waste, YOB, Slough Feg, The Chasm, Insomnium, Ulcerate, Nile, Wolves in the Throne Room, Mastodon, Pelican, Blut Aus Nord, Drudkh, Devin Townsend, Kylesa, Wodensthrone, Afgrund, Orcustus, Sunn O))), Scale The Summit, Fen

The 100 Most Essential Albums of the Decade: Vol. 5

Take a quick peek ahead. Think Volume 5 is a bit heavy on the death metal? Look closer. Also included are two of Norway’s all-time kings, career albums by masters of grind and prog, and one of the most important black metal albums in the genre’s...

Published Fri, Oct 2 2009 3:00 PM by Rev

Filed under: Emperor, Anata, Nasum, Weakling, Dismember, Enslaved, Heaven and Hell, Nile, Solitude Aeturnus, Dream Theater

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