Category: Features
Ronnie James Dio (1942-2010)
On May 16, 2010, Ronnie James Dio passed away after a long battle with stomach cancer. He was sixty-seven years old. It goes without saying that the man was an absolute legend in the realm …
Altar Of Plagues – The Era Of Immense Change
Originally written by Juho Mikkonen It might not happen very soon, but there will be a day when the oceans finally turn themselves upside down and the atmosphere cracks wide open from stratosphere to mesosphere, …
In Memoriam: Peter Steele (1962 – 2010)
On the evening of April 14, 2010, Petrus T. Ratajczyk–better known as Peter Steele, frontman of Carnivore and Type O Negative–died of apparent heart failure. He was 48 years old. As is typically the case, …
An Interview With Finntroll – Stretching Their Limits
Originally written by Erik Thomas. There are very few truly unique bands in metal anymore. However, back in 1997 a few drunk Finns gathered in the craggy mysterious woods of Helsinki to create what was …
Fuck The Facts: Unnamed Interview
In the course of a decade, Canadian unit Fuck The Facts has gone from being the one-man grind project of founder/guitarist Topon Das to a full-fledged band that consistently pushes the boundaries of grindcore. The band has …
John Ray’s Top 20 Of 2009
First, my apologies for being so late with this. Thing is, I spent the last couple of weeks battling an upper respiratory infection and simultaneous nasal staph infection. If you’ve never had the pleasure of …
Zach Duvall’s Top 20 of 2009
2009 has been one helluva year for me and music. The sheer number of killer albums and shows (Neurosis!) has been overwhelming, making the 29th year of my life my best yet as a music …
Jordan Campbell’s Top 20 of 2009
Another year in heavy metal…and what a year it was. It seems like every band on the planet released something in 2009; when Immortal, Absu, and Destroyer 666 all emerge from hibernation at once, it’s a sign that things …