Category: Features
Keep it Short, Stupid – EP Roundup: March 201
Heavy metal’s highway is stacked ten miles deep with bumper-to-bumper EPs, demos and diversely-inched short-players. In an effort to help our readers navigate the traffic, we offer an ongoing editorial designed to shine a light …
Six Thoughts: Slough Feg – The Reissue Box Set
After a long career either working independently or with such trusty indie labels as Cruz Del Sur, The Lord Weird Slough Feg has signed a contract to join the mighty Metal Blade. This agreement will …
On The Road – Ten Pieces Of Tour Advice
Originally written by Rae Amitay Full disclosure: I’ve never been one to offer unsolicited advice on much of anything, much less about music as a career. This article is not a pedestal for me to …
Riffology 113 – All Your Sins
As promised, we return to normal format for this lesson, covering just one tune. The tune in question is “All Your Sins” by Maryland doom metal godfathers Pentagram. “All Your Sins” comes from Pentagram’s self-titled …
Six Thoughts On The Gates Of Slumber’s Stormcrow EP
I don’t know a damned soul who drives a Scion, but I sure do know a lot of folks who’ve reaped the rewards of their completely bizarre heavy metal marketing scheme. Whatever the reason(s) behind …
Six Thoughts – Meshuggah’s Pitch Black EP
Originally written by Ramar Pittance Because this is 2013, Swedish progressive-bjrkenkt-metal supermen Meshuggah announced a few weeks ago that they were putting out an album through Scion A/V, which is a car company that also puts out metal albums …
One-Hundred Percent – How Metal Stands In The Way Of The Abyss
Originally written by Ian Chainey I. I want you to know the majority of this piece was written between bouts of staring out the train window, trying to look through my reflection, but always catching …
Riffology 112 – Kreative Evolution: Part V
I would like to offer my apologies, dear readers, for Riffology’s long absence. I did not intend such an extended break between lessons, but work, side-jobs, deer season, holiday season and illness combined to sap …