Category: Features
A Devil’s Dozen – Kreator
The winter of 2007 was a cold yet memorable one, as I found myself alone and trying to learn my way around the city of Essen, and the German language. Grasping at any common interest …
Dead Meadow Concert Report – Pausing On A Sunday Night
You ever get that feeling when you’re listening to music that it’s a vessel for shutting out the world, leaving you in transcendence to just be here with the music for a while? It’s a …
We Have the Power! – The Year in Power Metal, Pt. 2
A long time ago, a friend and I were sitting in a bar having a 5,397 hour discussion about the many merits of heavy metal when he asked “What the Hell is it about power …
We Have the Power! – The Year in Power Metal, Pt. 1
Escapism: One of the principle elements of power metal that has kept me in its corner lo these many years. More so than any other off-shoot, power metal demands a predilection for escapism from its …
EP Roundup – Debut Edition
The EP has any number of uses – the long, standalone track, the nutty collection of oddities, experiments, and covers, or simply releasing a shorter collection of songs – and the format has been used …
5Q5A – Hand Of Fire
In a very short time, Hand of Fire has become one of the most talked about bands in the Bay Area metal scene. Their initial demo offering, Let The Killings Begin, is comprised of three …
Wobbly Metal Comics – Heavy Metal: The Internet: The End of the World
NOTE: Any resemblance to actual bands, living or dead, or actual events is stupidly coincidental. Wobbly Metal Comics supports the endeavors of the ex-members of Snowfort unconditionally. @Wobbly_Metal Wobbly Back Issues
Get To The Bar… Now, Or How I Met Rudolf Schenker
Sundays are usually boring. But not always… “Dude — get to the bar. Now.” Usually, that’s enough to get me, I’ll be honest. After all, my beloved Yankees were playing the abominable Red Sox, and …