Metal playlists from the underground
The one movie of 2008 that really gave The Dark Night a run for it’s buck is Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler starring Mickey Rourke and a topless Marisa Tomei who won an academy award for her role in the legendary film, My Cousin Vinny. Mickey Rourke plays Randy ‘The Ram’ Robinson, an aging washed-up 80’s […]
The Melvins are an iconic underground band by all accounts, constantly evolving despite chronic cases of band member fallout. Combining their wares once again with the duo Big Business (which gives the band 2 drummers in addition to a new bassist), The Melvins can now add swagger to their long list of attributes according to […]
Taking rock ‘n roll back to its blues-based smoky backroom roots, the Long Island quintet The Headie Berrie unfurl their colorful guitar rock flag on the quintet’s four-song EP MORNING TOAST. This act’s no-frills approach to the basics comes complete with a hard rock yowl yielding to tasty bits of harmonica strewn in for good […]
According to katvond.net, Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead will be tattooed by Kat Von D on tonight’s LA Ink. The episode airs at 10 p.m. eastern on TLC. Next week’s show will feature another appearance by Kat’s boyfriend Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe. Update 1/9: Lemmy was his usual awesome self on last night’s L.A. Ink […]
Pennsylvania metalcore troupe This or The Apocalypse transcend the genre’s mundane monotonies with an abundance of nimble guitarwork and clever juxtapositions of brutality and melody on their 10-track debut MONUMENTS. This unit’s lineage is easily traced to bands such as Misery Signals and fellow statesmen This Day Forward thanks to a common bond forged from […]
Long Island unit John Wilkes Booth create a mountainous yet delectable wall of sonic overload on their latest 15-track affair, the viscous SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS. Heavy and crushing yet never remiss to keep their excessive slabs of doom-laden boogie rock memorable (“The Inner Workings”), tracks like “Eye Rack” and “Hey Girl” simultaneously stomp you in […]
If you ever wanted a true audio history of Heavy Metal music then you might want to consider the Heavy Metal Box released by Rhino Records. The set contains 4 CDs in a neat box shaped as a Marshall head with knobs that go to “11.” Yesterday, we discussed the classic songs on disc one […]
If you ever wanted a true audio history of Heavy Metal music then you might want to consider the Heavy Metal Box released by Rhino Records. The set contains 4 CDs in a neat box shaped as a Marshall head with knobs that go to “11.” The first disc of the box contains 18 tracks […]
The ex-Blink-182 bassist, Mark Hoppus, made a mini appearance on MTV’s “Made” last month. In his segment, he offers some tips on how to play the bass and then gives the girl an autographed bass guitar. It is pretty unclear what tips Hoppus actually offers the girl who comes off as star-struck in his presence. […]
Saxon, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal band that inspired Spinal Tap, is back with a brand new single “Live To Rock,” which appears on the upcoming album Into The Labyrinth due out Jan. 9. “Live To Rock” begins with a keyboard sequence that would excite any old school Saxon or Bon Jovi fan. […]